Sir John Spencer Login, Surgeon in India

SIR JOHN SPENCER LOGIN

Scottish Surgeon in British India

John Spencer Login was born in Stromness, Orkney, on 9 November 1809, to John Login of the merchant navy and his wife Margaret Spence, from Kirbuster, Birsay. Login's father had settled in Stromness after retiring from the merchant navy, and set up his own shipping business, part owning shipping vessels. At the time, Stromness was a busy trading port. Login's paternal grandfather had worked for the Hudson Bay Company and was a regular visitor to Stromness, and his maternal grandfather had commanded a merchant vessel to the West Indies. His maternal grandmother was the daughter of Edward Groundwater from Orphir. Wikipedia: Sir John Spencer Login

Evidence from the Census Returns

1821. Stromness: (1) John Logan, (M), 58: Ship Agent / Vintner (2) Margaret M Logan, (F), 37. (3) John S Logan, (M), 11, School (4) Margaret Logan, (F), 10, School (5) Mary A Logan, (F), 6, School (6) James D Logan, (M), 4, School (7) William S Logan, (M), 2, (8) Helen J Logan, (F), 1 (9) Jean Murray, (F), 19, Housekeeper, (10) Margaret Hunto, (F), 19, Servant [Orkney Family History Society: 1821 Census Reurn for Stromness]

Genealogy

Wikipedia: Sir John Spencer Login

Biography

Sir John Login and Duleep Singh. By Lady Login. With an Introduction By Colonel G. B. Malleson, CSI. (W. H. Allen, London, 1890), 580 pp.