Henry Marion Durand

1812 - 1871  (58 years)

• Name	Henry Marion Durand  [1]
  Birth	6 Nov 1812	Punjite, India
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Jan 1871	Punjite, India
  Person ID	I15	Henry Salt Family
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Henry Percy Durand
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Emily Augusta Allnatt,   b. 24 Mar 1832, Shrewsbury, Shropshire d. 30 Mar 1905, Grindelwald, Switzerland (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	23 Aug 1859	St James, Westminster, London   [2]
  Children	1. Charles Henry Marion Durand,   b. 6 Jun 1860, Richmond, Surrey, England d. 27 Mar 1912, Teddington, Middlesex (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Reginald Durand,   b. 13 Feb 1862, Fort William, Bengal, India d. 12 Apr 1894, Teddington, Middlesex (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Ethel Durand,   b. 21 May 1864, Simla-Calcutta, West Bengal, India d. 14 Oct 1933, Portman Square, London (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Isabel Durand,   b. 30 May 1866, Simla-Calcutta, West Bengal, India d. 30 Jan 1868, Lucknow, Bengal, India (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Muriel Durand,   b. 18 Dec 1868, Simla-Calcutta, West Bengal, India d. 3 May 1930, Grindelwald, Switzerland (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Annie Macaskill
  Children	1. Emily Jane Durand,   b. 31 May 1845, India Office Ecclesiastical Returns-Bengal Presidency, India d. 18 Feb 1932 (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Edward Law Durand,   b. 5 Jun 1846   d. 1 Jul 1920, St George, Hanover Square, London (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Eleanor Louisa Durand,   b. 30 Jan 1848   d. 16 Dec 1924 (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Henry Mortimer Durand,   b. 14 Feb 1850, Sehore, Bhopal, India d. 8 Jun 1924, Polden, Somerset, England (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Algernon George Arnold Durand,   b. 31 Mar 1854   d. 7 Oct 1923, Kensington, Middlesex (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Frances Mary Durand  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Annie Marion Durand  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Durand - Major-General Sir Henry Marion, KCSI, CB - Royal Engineers - died 1st January 1871. Son of Colonel Henry Percy, CB (14th Light Dragoons, Peninsula and Waterloo). Born 6th November 1812. Served Ghuzni 1839 (medal), Maharajpoor 1843 (star), Punjab 1848 (medal and 2 bars), Mutiny 1857 (medal and bar, CB). Married Emily Allnatt in 1859. Memorial on the Durand Gate, Tonk - "Major General Sir Henry Durand K.C.S.I. C.B. Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab and its Dependencies died at Tank on the 1st January 1871, in consequence of injuries received on the previous evening by a fall from a howdah, while passing on an elephant through this gateway." Monument in Church compound, Dera Ismail Khan - "Sacred to the memory of Henry Marion Durand Major General Royal Engineers C.B. K.C.S.I. Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab. born Novr 15th 1812 - died Jany 1st 1871. He entered the army in 1828 and after serving his country for forty years in the field and in the cabinet, was killed in the discharge of his duty, by a fall from an elephant at Tonk - N.W. Frontier."

  
  

• Sources

  [S445] Wikipedia. [S528] England Marriages 1538-1973.