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Colvin family
The Colvin family is the family descended from James Colquhoun Colvin (1767–1847), the son of Alexander Colvin (1718–1791) and Elizabeth 'Bettie' née Kennedy (1714–1795). James was a merchant trading between London and Calcutta during the East India Company. This Anglo-Indian family was intimately involved with the British Raj, first as traders and then as administrators and soldiers. Their descendants continued in service to the British Empire and later in some of its constituent countries.
In 1802 James married Maria Jackson (1780–1834) at Fort William, India. Among their children were:
Maria's eldest sister had married a Thomas Binny, who had traded at Madras and retired to St Andrews, Scotland. It was in their household that Bazett, John, and Binny Colvin passed their childhood.
Bazett David Colvin (1805–1871) was the eldest son of James.
In 1840 Bazett married Mary Steuart née Bayley (1820–1902) the daughter of William Butterworth Bayley a director and chairman of the British East India Company from 1834 to 1858. Among their children were:
In 1847 he inherited his father's estate at The Grove, Little Bealing, near Ipswich.
John Russell Colvin (1807 – 1857), the second son of James, rose to be lieutenant-governor of the North-West Provinces of British India during the mutiny of 1857, at the height of which he died.
He married Emma Sophia, daughter of Wetenhall Sneyd, a vicar in England; they had ten children, many of whom continued the family connection with India.
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Colvin family
The Colvin family is the family descended from James Colquhoun Colvin (1767–1847), the son of Alexander Colvin (1718–1791) and Elizabeth 'Bettie' née Kennedy (1714–1795). James was a merchant trading between London and Calcutta during the East India Company. This Anglo-Indian family was intimately involved with the British Raj, first as traders and then as administrators and soldiers. Their descendants continued in service to the British Empire and later in some of its constituent countries.
In 1802 James married Maria Jackson (1780–1834) at Fort William, India. Among their children were:
Maria's eldest sister had married a Thomas Binny, who had traded at Madras and retired to St Andrews, Scotland. It was in their household that Bazett, John, and Binny Colvin passed their childhood.
Bazett David Colvin (1805–1871) was the eldest son of James.
In 1840 Bazett married Mary Steuart née Bayley (1820–1902) the daughter of William Butterworth Bayley a director and chairman of the British East India Company from 1834 to 1858. Among their children were:
In 1847 he inherited his father's estate at The Grove, Little Bealing, near Ipswich.
John Russell Colvin (1807 – 1857), the second son of James, rose to be lieutenant-governor of the North-West Provinces of British India during the mutiny of 1857, at the height of which he died.
He married Emma Sophia, daughter of Wetenhall Sneyd, a vicar in England; they had ten children, many of whom continued the family connection with India.