Henry Stedman Polehampton

1824 - 1857  (33 years)

• Name	Henry Stedman Polehampton
  Birth	1 Feb 1824	Greenford, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Baptism	30 Jun 1824	Greenford, Middlesex, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1857	Residency Gardens, India
  Death	20 Jul 1857	Lucknow, Bengal, India   [3]
  Person ID	I14	Henry Salt Family
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Edward Polehampton,   b. 1777, Eton, Buckinghamshire d. 19 Jul 1830, Greenford, Middlesex, England (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Stedman,   b. 1796, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	7 Mar 1822	St Chad, Shrewsbury, Shropshire   [4]
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily Augusta Allnatt,   b. 24 Mar 1832, Shrewsbury, Shropshire d. 30 Mar 1905, Grindelwald, Switzerland (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	10 Oct 1855	St Chad, Shrewsbury, Shropshire   [5]
  Children	1. Henry Allnatt Polehampton,   b. 30 Dec 1856, Lucknow, Bengal, India d. 3 Jan 1857, Lucknow, Bengal, India (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Chaplin to the Lucknow garrison, died during an attack (India Mutiny) POLEHAMPTON. - At Lucknow, shot through the body on the 8th of July, and died of cholera on the 20th of July, the Rev. Henry Stedman Polehampton, Garrison Chaplain, and late Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, aged 33 years. A tablet to his memory was afterwards set up in St. Chad's Church, Shrewsbury

  
  

• Sources

  [S449] Polehampton Biography, A Memoir, Letters, And Diary Of Henry S. Polehampton. [S551] Middlesex Baptisms. [S533] England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019. [S595] Shropshire Marriages. [S428] St Chad's parish records.