William Aird Birtwhistle, Captain

1826 - 1856  (30 years)

• Name	William Aird Birtwhistle
  Suffix	Captain
  Born	4 Sep 1826	Ardwell, Mull of Galway, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Birth	4 Sep 1826	Mull of Galloway, Scotland   [1]
  Birth	1828	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  Name	Anne Maria Bertwhestle  [2]
  Name	William Airde Birtwhistle  [1]
  Occupation	1843	Army Officer - Captain 32nd Cornwall regiment of Light Infantry.   [1]
  Residence	1851	Troqueer, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland   [2]
  Died	14 Oct 1856	Kussowlie, India   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I151036	Ancestorium
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	John Birtwhistle, of Dundeugh,   b. 1799, Netherlaw, Rerrick, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland ,   d. 4 Dec 1869, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Martha Maria (Nee Capsticks) Birtwhistle,   b. 22 Jun 1801, Skipton, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 14 May 1872, Gloucestershire, England  (Age 70 years)
  Married	17 Sep 1818	Holy Trinity Church, Skipton, Yorkshire, England
  Married	17 Sep 1818	Skipton, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Family ID	F71533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  A Captain in the 32nd Foot or Cornwall Regiment of Light Infantry and a memorial tablet was donated in his memory and located in Holy Trinity Church, Skipton, Yorkshire, England, Yorkshire. This is same regiment in which his brother John served as well as their uncle John Dixon Birtwhistle, Birtwhistle -Captain William Aird - 32nd Foot - died 11th October 1856. Memorial at Holy Trinity church, Skipton, Yorkshire - "Sacred to the memory of Capt. William Aird Birtwhistle of the 32nd or Cornwall Regiment of Light Infantry who died at Kussowlie in India on the 11th October 1856 deeply regretted by the Regiment. This tablet has been erected by his brother officers as a token of esteem for a friend and comrade. The above was 2nd son of John and M.M. Birtwhistle."

  
  

• Sources

  [S1228430] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for John Birtwhistle [S0027989] 1851 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for John Bertwhestle [S0983721] http:glosters.tripod.com/offzdiedb.htm.