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Thomas Hooke Pearson
General Thomas Hooke Pearson (6 June 1806 – 29 April 1892) was a senior British Army general. Background and career Pearson was born at Tettenhall, then in Staffordshire, the eldest son of barrister John Pearson (1771-1841), a senior East India Company official who served as Advocate-General of Bengal from 1824 to 1840, and his wife Jane Elizabeth Matilda Hooke (1784-1833). Following his education at Eton, he was commissioned a cornet in the 11th Light Dragoons on 14 March 1825. That November, he fought at the Siege of Bharatpur under Lord Combermere and was a volunteer from the cavalry at the final assault on the fortress, for which he received a medal. Promoted lieutenant on 1 August 1826, Pearson was ADC to the Earl Amherst during his visit to Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who presented him with a sword of honour for successfully riding an hitherto unmanageable horse. He subsequently transferred to the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot, receiving a captaincy in the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tattenhall
Tattenhall is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tattenhall and District, south-east of Chester, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. In the 2001 census, the population was recorded as 1,986, increasing to 2,079 by the 2011 census. The civil parish was abolished in 2015 to form Tattenhall and District. History The settlement of ''Tatenale'' was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name is believed to be derived from the Old English personal name ''Tata'' and ''halh'', meaning "a meadow" or "nook of land". The spelling of the village has altered over the centuries: ''Tatenhala'' (1280), ''Tattenhall'' (1289), ''Tatnall'' (1473), ''Tottenhall'' (1553) and ''Tettenhall'' (1649). The village was a self-sustained settlement in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The building of the Chester Canal (now part of the Shropshire Union Canal) provided an economic boost to the village, imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
