The Seager Family
Thomas Whittaker Seager
25 July 1818
James Lys Seager, co-founder of Seager Evans and
Co., a gin distiller in Millbank, London.
Henriette (Whittaker) Seager
Westminster School, London, where
he was admitted on 21 January 1829.
Anne
Clarissa Plumbe on 30 September 1843 in Moradabad, Bengal, India
Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce 18 October
1843
At Moradabad on the 30th of September by the Revd A B Spry Lieut T W
Seager 27th N I to Anne Clarissa elder daughter of the late Dr S Plumbe
Emma
Charretie Plumbe on 2 July 1863 in the Republic
and Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Marriage certificate #229 (part1,
part2,
part3)
ACTE DE MARIAGE
EXTRAIT
des Registres de la Circonscription de Neuchâtel
L'an mil huit cent Soixante-trois le premier Juillet a deux heures apres
midi, par devant nous, Louis Barbier, officier de l'état de civil
Neuchâtel, sont comparus: Thomas Whittaker Seager, Caputaine dans
l'armée du Bengal, Grandes-Indes, originaire de Londres, Angleterre,
domicilié a Neuchâtel, né le vingt-cinq Juillet mil huit cent dix-huir,
majeur, fils de James Lys Seager, Esquire, demeurant a Southt Lambeth,
Comté de Surrey, Angleterre, et de Henriette neé Whittaker, son
épouse; veuf en premier noces ie. Anne Clarissa Plumbe, décéseé le
vingt-huit Novembre mil huir cent cinquante-huit a Attock dans le
Punjaub Indes-Anglaises ainsi qu'il résulte d'un acte de decés délivré a
Londres le deux Juin mil huit cent soixante-trois par les autorités
compétentes d'une part; Et Emma Charritie Plumbe, sans profession,
originaire de la Paroisse de St George, Bloomsbury, Comté de
Middlesex Angleterre, domiciliée à Neuchâtel, neé le premier Juillet mil
huit cent vingt huit, majeure fille de feu Samuel Plumbe Esquire,
demeurant en son vivant, a Southampton-Street a Londres et de Emma neé
Lloyd, son épouse, l'autre part
Lesquels nous ont requis de procéder a la célébration de leur
mariage. En conséquence lecture a été faire: 1e des
publications ordonneés pour les Loi-publications qui ont en lieu sans
opposition; 2e de l'arrêt d'autorisation donné par le Conseil
d'Etat de la République et Canton de Neuchâtel, le vingt neuf Juin mil
huit cent soizante-trois, 3e du chapitre de le Loi sur les
droits et devoirs respectifs des époux, nous avons ensuite demandé au
futur époux et a la future épouse, s'ils veulent se prendre pour mari et
femme et chacun d'eux ayant répondu séparément et affirmativement, nous
avons déclaré au nom de la Loi, que Thomas Whittaker Seager et Emma
Charritie Plumbe, sont unis par le mariage
Des pièces relatives à cet acte et déposées aux archives, sont au
nombre de quatre et cotées, sous N229, troisième régistre et paraphé
Fait en séance publique a l'hôtel de ville de Neuchâtel en
présence de Henri Plumbe, Solliciteur, âgé de trente-trois ans,
demeurant Winchcomb, Comté de Glouster, Angleterre, frerè de l'épouse et
de Charles Tunod Professeur, âgé de soixante-trois ans demeurant à
Neuchâtel, et ont, les époux et les témoins signé avec nous après
lecture faite.
(Signé) Thomas Whittaker Seager, Henri Plumbe, Emma
Charritie Plumbe, Charles Tunod
(Signé) L Barbier
Délivré conforme au régistre pour nous officier de l'état civil de la
circonscription A Neuchâtel 2 Juillet 1863
L Barbier
Le Secrétaire du Conseil d'Etat de la République at Canton de
Neuchâtel en Suisse, certifie véritable la signature ci devant citoyen
L. Barbier, Officier de l'état civil de la circonscription Neuchâtel. Il
déclare de plus que le contrôle et le papier timbré ne sont pas en usage
dans cet Etat
Neuchâtel le deux Juillet mil huit cent soixante-trois (1863)
Pr Secrétaire d'Etat:
Le premier Secrétaire de la Chancellerie
L Sandoz
This roughly translates as:
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
EXTRACT
of the Registers of the District of Neuchâtel
In the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three on the first of
July at two o'clock in the afternoon, before me, Louis Barbier, civil
registrar of Neuchâtel, appeared: Thomas Whittaker Seager, Captain in the
Bengal army, East Indies, originally from London, England, domiciled in
Neuchâtel, born on July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, of
legal age, son of James Lys Seager, Esquire, residing in South Lambeth,
County of Surrey, England, and of Henriette nee Whittaker, his wife;
widower in first marriage ie. Anne Clarissa Plumbe, died on the
twenty-eighth of November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight in
Attock in the Punjab of the English Indies, as results from a death
certificate issued in London on the second of June, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three by the competent authorities, on the one hand; And
Emma Charritie Plumbe, without profession, originally from the Parish of
St George, Bloomsbury, County of Middlesex England, domiciled in
Neuchâtel, born on the first of July eighteen hundred and twenty-eight,
adult daughter of the late Samuel Plumbe Esquire, residing during his
lifetime, in Southampton-Street in London and Emma neé Lloyd, his wife, on
the other hand
Who asked us to celebrate their marriage. Consequently reading was
done: 1st of the publications ordered for the Law-publications which have
place without opposition; 2nd of the authorization judgment given by the
Council of State of the Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel, on June
twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, 3rd of the
chapter of the Law on the respective rights and duties of spouses, we then
asked the future husband and wife if they wanted to take each other as
husband and wife and each of them having responded separately and in the
affirmative, we declared in the name of the Law that Thomas Whittaker
Seager and Emma Charritie Plumbe , are united by marriage
Documents relating to this act and deposited in the archives are
four in number and listed under N229, third register and initialed
Done in public session at the town hall of Neuchâtel in the presence
of Henri Plumbe, Solicitor, aged thirty-three, residing in Winchcomb,
County of Glouster, England, brother of the wife and of Charles Tunod,
Professor, aged sixty -three years living in Neuchâtel, and have, the
spouses and witnesses signed with us after reading.
(Signed) Thomas Whittaker Seager, Henri Plumbe, Emma Charritie
Plumbe, Charles Tunod
(Signed) L Barbier
Issued in accordance with the register for us civil status officer of the
district A Neuchâtel July 2, 1863
L Barbier
The Secretary of the Council of State of the Republic at Canton of
Neuchâtel in Switzerland, certifies the true signature in front of citizen
L. Barbier, Civil Registrar of the Neuchâtel district. He further declares
that control and stamped paper are not in use in this State
Neuchâtel July 2, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three (1863)
Professor Secretary of State:
The first Secretary of the Chancellery
L Sandoz
Morning
Post 4 July 1863 p7
Seager-Plumbe.--On the 2d Inst., at Neuchatel, Switzerland, by the Rev.
Louis Junod, Captain Thomas Whittaker Seager, of H.M.'s Indian Army, to
Emma Charritie, second daughter of the late Samuel Plumbe, M.D., of
London.
The marriage of Thomas and Emma was not legal in England at that time since
Thomas had been previously married to Emma's half-sister, Anne, which is
likely the reason that the marriage took place in Neuchâtel.
A month before the wedding, Thomas had contributed
£25 to the Marriage Law Reform Association which had "the exclusive
object of promoting the passing of an act to render lawful marriage with a
deceased wife's sister". Their marriage status in Eng;and is unclear -
when Thomas died in 1866, Emma is recorded as "widow, the relict", but
when the widowed Emma died in England in 1870, she was described as a a
spinster, and her last name was listed as "Seager otherwise Plumbe".
Officer in the Indian Army
Thomas was a cadet in the E.I.C.S. (Bengal) in 1839 and appointed ensign in
the 27th Native Infantry on 28 July of that year. He was promoted to
lieutenant in the 69th Native Infantry on 12 November 1842, transferring to
the 30th Native Infantry on 14 December 1842. He was promoted to captain on
18 April 1851. Thomas was brevet-promoted to major on 17 April 1863 (The London Gazette 25 September 1863 p4647)
and the promotion was later back dated to 18 February 1861 (The London Gazette 28 March 1865 p1741),
and he then received a brevet promotion to lieutenant-colonel on 28 July
1865 (The Edinburgh Gazette 5 December 1865 p1637).
The Record of Old Westminsters vol 2 p830
(1928)
Seager,
Thomas Whittaker, third son of James Lys Seager, of Millbank,
Westminster, distiller; b. July 25, 1818; adm. Jan. 12,
1829; Cadet E.I.C.S. (Bengal) 1839; Ensign 27th N.I. July 28, 1839;
Lieut. 69th N.I. Nov. 12, 1842, 30th N.I. Dec. 14, 1842; Capt. April 18,
1851; Major Feb. 18, 1861; Lieut.-Col. July 28, 1865; d. May 9,
1866.
9 May 1866, in Maidenhead, Berkshire,
England, aged 47
Granted on 21 June 1866 to Emma
Charritie Seager
England &
Wales, National Probate Calendar Wills 1866 p73
SEAGER
Thomas Whittaker Esq. Effects under £100. 21 June. The Will of
Thomas Whittaker Seager late of Maidenhead in the County of Berks
a Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in Her Majesty’s Indian Army
Esquire deceased who died 19 May 1866 at Maidenhead aforesaid was proved
at the Principal Registry by the oath of Emma Charritie Seager
of Wantage in the County aforesaid Widow the Relict the sole Executrix.
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