Col. Charles Henry Theodore Bruce RUVIGNY 8th Marquis Ruvigny & Raineval [14226]

  General Notes:

Charles was 8th Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval, an Ensign, 6th Foot, July 30, 1846 ; Lieutenant and acting Captain, November 2, 1849 ; exchanged to 80th Foot, April 2, 1850, and 21st Royal North British Fusiliers, July 22, 1856 ; Captain, Gold Coast Artillery, September 11, 1857; Major, unattached, November 9, 1861 ; Lieutenant-Colonel, January 1, 1872, and Colonel, July 1, 1880 ; served through Kaffir War of 1847-50 ; Kaffir medal ; Burmese War of 1850-53, including the landing at, storming, and capture of Prome ; also in the operations around Prome, repulse of night attack ; attack, storm, and capture of several fortified villages; the capture of Tomah, and of the Shoa Dragon Pagoda, Rangoon ; Burmese medal and clasp, also sword ; Chief Civil Commandant of the Gold Coast, 1857-63; commanded the Gold Coast Artillery during the Donquah Rebellion, repulse of the attack on Donquah, and during the disturbances on the Ashanti Frontier, 1860-63 ; prepared plans for the Ashanti Expedition of 1872, for which he received thanks of H.R.H. the Commander-in-Chief.

Charles H T B De Ruvignes
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831
Registration Year: 1883
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 52
Registration District: SherborneDorset
Volume: 5a
Page: 258

Headstone in Sherborne Churchyard reads:
In Affectionate Remembrance Of
Col Charles Henry Theodore Bruce de Ruvignes
Marquis de Ruvignes & Raineval de jure.
Late 21^st & 80^th Regt.
Who Departed This Life February 10, 1883
Aged 57 Years
I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
Remember Thy Creator In the Days of Thy Youth.

Mitchell
Sherborne
Image courtesy G Tatham, Albert Mitchell was the stonemason

  Other Records

1. Census: England, 3 Apr 1881, North Stoke Oxfordshire. Charles is recorded as head of house married aged 51 a Col in the Infantry born Switzerland

Charles married Mary Agnes Frances MATTISON [14227] [MRIN: 4756], daughter of William MATTISON Esq. [14228] and Unknown, on 26 Aug 1854. (Mary Agnes Frances MATTISON [14227] died in 1862.)

Charles next married Margaret Melville MOODIE [14229] [MRIN: 4758], daughter of George MOODIE [33700] and Mary Hunter SMITH [33701], on 25 Jun 1867 in St Barnabas Douglas IOM. (Margaret Melville MOODIE [14229] was born on 21 Feb 1841 in Dunbog Fife SCT and died on 30 Apr 1868 in London.)

Charles next married Helen BENNET [14230] [MRIN: 4759], daughter of George BENNET [33702] and Julia Theresa PHILLIPS [33703], on 2 Jul 1869 in Lambeth. (Helen BENNET [14230] was born circa 1842 in Wombourn STS and died in 1911 in Bath Somerset.)