Funerary monument, St Peter's Church, Petersham
Funerary monument, St Peter's Church, Petersham

Major General Sir Jeremiah Bryant CB (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]

References

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