Henry Davenport Shakespear b. 1786 d. 20 Mar 1838 Fort William, Bengal, India: Henry S. Salt Genealogy

Author and Humanitarian Reformer

1786 - 1838 (52 years)

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Name	Henry Davenport Shakespear
Birth	1786
Gender	Male
Occupation	Member of the Supreme Court of India
Death	20 Mar 1838	Fort William, Bengal, India [1]
Burial	21 Mar 1838	Fort William, Bengal, India [2]
Person ID	I1096	Henry Salt Family
Last Modified	14 Apr 2026

Father	John Shakespear, b. 6 May 1749 d. 16 Jan 1825 (Age 75 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Mary Davenport d. 1793
Relationship	natural
Marriage	9 May 1782
Family ID	F342	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Louisa Caroline Tobin Muirson, b. 10 Aug 1794 d. 8 Jan 1868, Barnes, London (Age 73 years)

Marriage 6 Feb 1812 Fort William, Bengal, India [3, 4]

Children

1. Alexander Shakespear, b. 1821, East Indies

d. 5 Jul 1884, Holly Lodge, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England

(Age 63 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F347 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 14 Apr 2026

Sources
[S797] Dorset Monumental Inscriptions.

[S542] British India Office Deaths & Burials.

[S460] thepeerage.com.

[S598] British India Office Marriages.

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