Jeremiah Bryant Explained

Major General Sir Jeremiah Bryant (bapt. 14 June 1783^[1] – 10 June 1845) was a British Army officer in the Bengal Army.

Bryant was born in 1783 to Edward and Susannah Bryant. In 1832, he was living at Subathoo, British India, with his wife, Mary Anna Churchill, Lady Bryant.^[2] He lost an arm in battle.^[3]

His daughter Emily Susan Bryant married Arthur Lionel Tollemache. Their great-grandson was very briefly Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle at the end of his life.

He is buried at St Peter's Church, Petersham.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Riddick, John F. . Who was who in British India . 1998 . Greenwood Press . 978-0-313-29232-3 . 51 . en . 13 February 2020.
2. Book: Joseph Wolff . Researches and missionary labours among the Jews, Mohammedans, and other sects . J. Nisbet . 1835 . 273 . 24 August 2015.
3. Book: Joseph Wolff . Travels and Adventures of the Rev. Joseph Wolff, D.D., LL.D.: Late Missionary to the Jews and Muhammadans in Persia, Bokhara, Cashmeer, Etc. . 6 July 2012 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-108-05372-3 . 383 . 24 August 2015.
4. Web site: St Peters Church, Petersham, London Borough of Richmond: Survey of Churchyard Monuments . Bowdler . Roger . 7 . 25 August 1999 . Historic England. 26 January 2021.