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William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray[1]

Male 1811 - 1863  (52 years)

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  • Name William Makepeace Thackeray 
    Born 18 Jul 1811  Calcutta, India Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 26 Dec 1863  Kensall Green, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I548  Family
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2010 

    Father Richmond Thackeray 
    Mother Anne Becher,   b. Bef 1800 
    Family ID F186  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • The writer.

  • Sources 
    1. [S24] Rootsweb.com India-L Archives, British Raj Mailing List.
      Sir Richmond Campbell Shakespear 'went to England with his first cousin William Makepeace Thackeray to preparatory school, Charterhouse School and to Military College of the East India Company at Addiscombe in 1827. He returned to India in 1837'... but we don't know if William stayed in England.

    2. [S30] Death & Funeral Notices , India List - Index of Obituaries.
      Taken from the Cork Examiner. Aged 52 from Calcutta, India so has to be this one.

  • Censuses 
    1. [226]   British Census - 1851, 13 Young Street, Kensington, England - William M Thackeray, aged 39