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Will of John McDowell, Captain in the Honble East India Company's Bengal Artillery...
Catalogue reference: PROB 11/1716/371
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This record is about the Will of John McDowell, Captain in the Honble East India Company's Bengal Artillery... dating from 22 September 1826 in the series Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- PROB 11/1716/371
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Title (The name of the record)
- Will of John McDowell, Captain in the Honble East India Company's Bengal Artillery and Commissary in the said Honble Company's Ordnance Commissariat Department of Bengal , East Indies
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Date (When the record was created)
- 22 September 1826
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Description (What the record is about)
- Will of John McDowell, Captain in the Honble East India Company's Bengal Artillery and Commissary in the said Honble Company's Ordnance Commissariat Department of Bengal , East Indies
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/D153419/
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PROB 11
Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers
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