Col John Howard WAKEFIELD [1661]
- Born: 2 Jun 1803, Burnham Wick ESS
- Marriage (1): Maria Isobel SUFFOLK [1662] on 9 Jan 1832 in Bareilly Bengal India
- Died: 25 Feb 1862, Islington London MDX aged 58
 General Notes:
Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900
John Howard Wakefield
Adm. pens. at TRINITY, May 18, 1822. [5th s. of Edward, land-surveyor, of 34, Pall Mall, London (and Susannah, dau. of - Crash, of Felsted, Essex). B. June 2, 1803.] School, Westminster. Did not reside. Cadet, Bengal Army, 1822; Ensign, 1823; Lieut., 1825; Captain, 1840; Major, 1855; retired as Hon. Lieut.-Col., 1857. Served in the First China War, 1842. Married, Jan. 9, 1832, at Bareilly, Miss Maria Suffolk, 'a converted Hindu, dau. of the late Vizier of Bussahir, and ward of the Rana of Kumasin.' Died June 25, 1862, at Barnsbury Park, Islington. (V. Hodson, Officers of the Bengal Army; Record of Old Westminsters.)
Howard was named after John Howard the prison reformer. He joined the East India Co as a soldier remaining for 30 years. Returning to England he devoted himself to the cause of temperence reform.
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John married Maria Isobel SUFFOLK [1662] [MRIN: 547], daughter of Wuzar Vizier of Bussahor India [33938] and Unknown, on 9 Jan 1832 in Bareilly Bengal India. (Maria Isobel SUFFOLK [1662] was born about 1807 in Bussabor Kumasin India, died on 8 Aug 1852 in Lahore Bengal India and was buried on 9 Aug 1852 in Lahore Bengal India.)
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