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Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Louisa Anne Leigh	1816	Selina Cleopatra Anne Caswell

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place	Description
Birth	1794	Brighton, England
Marriage	15 December 1834	St Mary's Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Census	1841	Hawthorn Cottage, Northwood, Hampshire, England
Census	1851	1851 Census, High Street, Botley
Occupation	1861		Retired Captain Royal Navy, Greenwich Out Pension
Census	1861	51 Bath Street, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Census	1871	Upcross, South Stoneham, Hampshire, England
Death	7 October 1875	Upcross, West End, South Stoneham, England	occupation: Captain Royal Navy (Retired)

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Caswell. (Commander, 1846. F-P., 26; H-P., 13.) George Caswell entered the Navy, 24 May, 1808, as Sec.-cl. Vol.,on board the PARTHIAN 10, Capts. John Balderson, Rich. Harward,and Hon. Henry Dawson, in which vessel we find him, in the course of the same year, sharing in an action with three men-of-war- assisting next at the capture, 5 May, 1809, of La Nouvelle Gironde, a noted privateer, of 14 guns and 58 men - and employed, subsequently, at the bombardment of Flushing. Having attained the rating of Midshipman, 4 April, 1810, he removed, in Nov. following, to the CHRISTIAN VII. 80, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, with whom he continued to serve, in the same ship and the CALEDONIA 120, on the North sea and Mediterranean stations,until Sept. 1814. During that period he partook of the two slight encounters, of 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814, with the French fleet near Toulon - and served on shore at the reduction of Genoa. After a further attachment to the PRINCE FREDERICK, Capt.Rich. Pridham, receiving-sloop at Plymouth, and to the MALTA 80, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, and BOYNE 98, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth, both on the Mediterranean station, Mr. Caswell was promoted,24 Sept. 1815, to a Lieutenancy in the MINSTREL 20, Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch, in which he returned home and was paid off in the ensuing December. His subsequent appointments were - 28Dec. 1824, to the CHAMPION 18, Capt. John Fitz-Gerald Studdert, with whom he served, as First Lieutenant, during the Burmese war - 17 Nov. 1829, and 1 May, 1830, to the VICTORY 104, Capt.Hon. Geo. Elliot, and ST. VINCENT 120, Capt. Hyde Parker, at Portsmouth - 23 March and 16 Dec. 1831, as Senior, to the PALLAS42, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, in the West Indies, and MADAGASCAR46, Capt. Edmund Lyons, in the Mediterranean - 25 Nov. 1834,to the Coast Guard - 13 Nov. 1841, again as Senior, to the GORGON steamer, Capt. Wm. Honyman Henderson, on the Mediterranean station- and, 23 April, 1842, in a similar capacity, to the CLEOPATRA26, Capt. Christ. Wyvill, at the Cape of Good Hope. He continued to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846. Commander Caswell married Louisa, daughter of Commander Benj.Leigh, R.N., by whom he has issue. Agents - Coplands and Burnett. [British Naval Biographical Dictionary, 1849] [Living in Marylebone, Middlesex at time of marriage? - check] 1861 Census, 51 Bath Street, St Helier, Jersey age 61, Widow, Retired Captain Royal Navy, Greenwich Out Pension 1871 Census ? Croft, South Stoneham, Hampshire age 77 Retired Captain RN born c. 1794 Claford, Kent Upcross is on Upper New Road, West End, Southampton

Caswell. (Commander, 1846. F-P., 26; H-P., 13.)
George Caswell entered the Navy, 24 May, 1808, as Sec.-cl. Vol.,on board the PARTHIAN 10, Capts. John Balderson, Rich. Harward,and Hon. Henry Dawson, in which vessel we find him, in the course of the same year, sharing in an action with three men-of-war- assisting next at the capture, 5 May, 1809, of La Nouvelle Gironde, a noted privateer, of 14 guns and 58 men - and employed, subsequently, at the bombardment of Flushing. Having attained the rating of Midshipman, 4 April, 1810, he removed, in Nov. following, to the CHRISTIAN VII. 80, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, with whom he continued to serve, in the same ship and the CALEDONIA 120, on the North sea and Mediterranean stations,until Sept. 1814. During that period he partook of the two slight encounters, of 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814, with the French fleet near Toulon - and served on shore at the reduction of Genoa. After a further attachment to the PRINCE FREDERICK, Capt.Rich. Pridham, receiving-sloop at Plymouth, and to the MALTA 80, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, and BOYNE 98, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth, both on the Mediterranean station, Mr. Caswell was promoted,24 Sept. 1815, to a Lieutenancy in the MINSTREL 20, Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch, in which he returned home and was paid off in the ensuing December. His subsequent appointments were - 28Dec. 1824, to the CHAMPION 18, Capt. John Fitz-Gerald Studdert, with whom he served, as First Lieutenant, during the Burmese war - 17 Nov. 1829, and 1 May, 1830, to the VICTORY 104, Capt.Hon. Geo. Elliot, and ST. VINCENT 120, Capt. Hyde Parker, at Portsmouth - 23 March and 16 Dec. 1831, as Senior, to the PALLAS42, Capt. Manley Hall Dixon, in the West Indies, and MADAGASCAR46, Capt. Edmund Lyons, in the Mediterranean - 25 Nov. 1834,to the Coast Guard - 13 Nov. 1841, again as Senior, to the GORGON steamer, Capt. Wm. Honyman Henderson, on the Mediterranean station- and, 23 April, 1842, in a similar capacity, to the CLEOPATRA26, Capt. Christ. Wyvill, at the Cape of Good Hope. He continued to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846.
Commander Caswell married Louisa, daughter of Commander Benj.Leigh, R.N., by whom he has issue.
Agents - Coplands and Burnett.
[British Naval Biographical Dictionary, 1849]

[Living in Marylebone, Middlesex at time of marriage? - check]

1861 Census, 51 Bath Street, St Helier, Jersey
age 61, Widow, Retired Captain Royal Navy, Greenwich Out Pension

1871 Census ? Croft, South Stoneham, Hampshire
age 77 Retired Captain RN
born c. 1794 Claford, Kent

Upcross is on Upper New Road, West End, Southampton