Henry Willock Explained

Sir Henry Willock (17901858) was a lieutenant-colonel and the British Envoy to Persia from 1815-1826.[1] He was the chairman of the East India Company (EIC) in 1844–45.[2] [3] Willock married Elizabeth Davis, daughter of EIC Director and orientalist Samuel Davis, in 1826.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Who was who in Central Asia (British) . bl.uk . The British Library . 20 February 2012 . 24 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121024202756/http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/afghanistan/afghanistancollection/whowaswho/whowaswho.html . dead .
  2. Web site: People of historical note buried in the borough M to Z . richmond.gov.uk . London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Civic Centre . 20 February 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111027180834/http://richmond.gov.uk/home/leisure_and_culture/local_history_and_heritage/people_of_historial_note_buried_in_the_borough_m_to_z.htm . 27 October 2011 .
  3. News: News of the Week . The Spectator . 12 July 1845 . 20 February 2012.
  4. Book: Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Bernard Burke. 1860. Harrison and Sons. London. 271.

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