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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Wiltshire => Topic started by: frederickay on Friday 05 September 08 12:33 BST (UK)
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On a wedding cert in 1861 Richard Malet of Bombay aged 22 says his father is the late Colonel George Granville Malet .
In the brief time i have had the info the Colonel doesn't have a son Richard . Richard doesn't come up as born in England .
He married in England to my gggreat aunt Isabella Milner Wharton . there is a bit of a fiddle there tho because address is wrong and John milner Wharton wasn't no "Gentleman ".
Could sks. look up and see if Col. George Malet of Wilbury House, Wiltshire(bro to the 2nd Baronet ) had a son Richard possibly to his unknown 1st wife . thanks .
Jan
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This is not an easy task
By the 1851 census the Malet children all seem to be at boarding school, I see a couple at Eton. There is a Richard Mellet of the right sort of ahe as a pupil at a school in Oxford, but no way of telling his parentage from that.
Back in 1841 I tried to find George at home in Wiltshire to see if he had a little Richard with him, but no sign of George. I f Richard was born in India, perhaps they were still out there then.
Have you tried consular births? (I think on pay to view site findmypast)