Individual Details
John Charles Templer
(31 Jul 1814 - 11 Jun 1874)
Templer, John Charles
With his brother Henry Augustine Templer started Bridport Rifle Volunteers (1st Volunteer Corps in the country)
Founder and editor of the “Volunteer Service Gazette” 1859
1855 lived at Greenwich and Dudley Lodge, Harrow.
1860 Captain 18th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers
Friend of James [later Rajah] Brooke and helped to found Borneo Company of which he was a director
Published three volumes of letters to James Brooke 1839 to 1853
Adm. pens. (age 17) at TRINITY, May 24, 1832. [3rd] s. of James, of Bridport, Dorset (and Catharine, dau. of Christopher Lethbridge, of Launceston, Cornwall. B. [July 31] 1814, at Bridport. School, Westminster. 'Matric. Michs. 1832; B.A. 1836. Adm at the Inner Temple May 30, 1837. Called to the bar, June 6, 1853. One of the Masters of the Court of Exchequer, 1854-74. Capt., 18th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, 1859-72. Married, 1842, Hanna Frances, [eldest] dau. of Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon. Founder (and editor) of the Volunteer service Gazette. Died, June 11, 1874 at Dudley Lodge, Harrow. Brother of Robert B. (1849), William C. (1842) and Charles C. (1847); Father of James L.B. (1865), Frederic G. (1867), George A. (1869) and the next. (Record of Old Westminsters; Boase, III. 909; Inns of Court)
Alumni Cantabrienses - Stuart Drabble 2005
Capt of the 18th Middlesex Volunteers. Took great part in the formation of the Borneo Company of which he was a Director
Great Western Railway shareholder entry Shareholder: John Charles TEMPLER
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Title: Mrs
First name(s): Hannah Frances
Last name: TEMPLER
Role/Event: Executor (Widow)
Date: 1 Jul 1874
Reference: Volume 23 Folio 112 Entry 18289 Column 7
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John Charles TEMPLER Death 11 Jun 1874 Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England
George PRIDHAM Joint Holder 11 Jun 1874
Mrs Hannah Frances TEMPLER Executor (Widow) 1 Jul 1874
Born in Bridport, he was the son of James Templer (1787–1858), a lawyer, and his wife Catharine Lethbridge. He was educated at Westminster School, and entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1832, graduating with a B.A. in 1836. He was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1837.
In a voter qualification case related to 1845, Temple is described as a special pleader, living with his wife in Greenwich. By 1847, he was serving in the Royal Navy, as evidenced by newspaper reports of his second son, John Harvey.
Templer became a close friend of James Brooke through his elder brother, James Lethbridge Templer (1811–1845), of the East India Company Merchant Navy. James Templer commanded the Minerva (Bombay, 1812) on a tea voyage to China in 1835–6, for his uncle Henry Templer who was its recent owner, and Brooke came on the journey. John Templer and Brooke were corresponding by 1840. Templer acted as Brooke's legal counsel. He went on to support Brooke as an apologist, and asked Harriet Martineau for her advocacy.
With his brother Henry Augustine Templer started Bridport Rifle Volunteers (1st Volunteer Corps in the country)
Founder and editor of the “Volunteer Service Gazette” 1859
1855 lived at Greenwich and Dudley Lodge, Harrow.
1860 Captain 18th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers
Friend of James [later Rajah] Brooke and helped to found Borneo Company of which he was a director
Published three volumes of letters to James Brooke 1839 to 1853
Adm. pens. (age 17) at TRINITY, May 24, 1832. [3rd] s. of James, of Bridport, Dorset (and Catharine, dau. of Christopher Lethbridge, of Launceston, Cornwall. B. [July 31] 1814, at Bridport. School, Westminster. 'Matric. Michs. 1832; B.A. 1836. Adm at the Inner Temple May 30, 1837. Called to the bar, June 6, 1853. One of the Masters of the Court of Exchequer, 1854-74. Capt., 18th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, 1859-72. Married, 1842, Hanna Frances, [eldest] dau. of Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon. Founder (and editor) of the Volunteer service Gazette. Died, June 11, 1874 at Dudley Lodge, Harrow. Brother of Robert B. (1849), William C. (1842) and Charles C. (1847); Father of James L.B. (1865), Frederic G. (1867), George A. (1869) and the next. (Record of Old Westminsters; Boase, III. 909; Inns of Court)
Alumni Cantabrienses - Stuart Drabble 2005
Capt of the 18th Middlesex Volunteers. Took great part in the formation of the Borneo Company of which he was a Director
Great Western Railway shareholder entry Shareholder: John Charles TEMPLER
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Title: Mrs
First name(s): Hannah Frances
Last name: TEMPLER
Role/Event: Executor (Widow)
Date: 1 Jul 1874
Reference: Volume 23 Folio 112 Entry 18289 Column 7
All the names under this entry:
Name Role/Event Date Place Column
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John Charles TEMPLER Death 11 Jun 1874 Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England
George PRIDHAM Joint Holder 11 Jun 1874
Mrs Hannah Frances TEMPLER Executor (Widow) 1 Jul 1874
Born in Bridport, he was the son of James Templer (1787–1858), a lawyer, and his wife Catharine Lethbridge. He was educated at Westminster School, and entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1832, graduating with a B.A. in 1836. He was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1837.
In a voter qualification case related to 1845, Temple is described as a special pleader, living with his wife in Greenwich. By 1847, he was serving in the Royal Navy, as evidenced by newspaper reports of his second son, John Harvey.
Templer became a close friend of James Brooke through his elder brother, James Lethbridge Templer (1811–1845), of the East India Company Merchant Navy. James Templer commanded the Minerva (Bombay, 1812) on a tea voyage to China in 1835–6, for his uncle Henry Templer who was its recent owner, and Brooke came on the journey. John Templer and Brooke were corresponding by 1840. Templer acted as Brooke's legal counsel. He went on to support Brooke as an apologist, and asked Harriet Martineau for her advocacy.
Events
| Birth | 31 Jul 1814 | Bridport, Bradpole, Dorset, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Christen | 13 Aug 1814 | Bridport, Bradpole, Dorset, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Educated | Bet 9 Jun 1828 and May 1832 | Westminster School | |||
| Educated | 1832 | Trinty College Cambridge | |||
| Educated | 1836 | Batchelor of Art | |||
| Residence | 1841 | St Andrew's , Plymouth -Winsor Terrace Aged 14 (Possibly at school) | |||
| Marriage | 15 Mar 1842 | Charlton, Kent, England, United Kingdom - Hannah Frances Gordon | |||
| Residence | 1851 | Age: 36; RelationToHead: Head - Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Occupation | 1853 | Called to the Bar (Inner Temple) | |||
| Occupation | 1854 - 1874 | Master of the Court of Exchequer | |||
| Residence | 1861 | Royal Cresent, Margate, Kent - Head, Aged 46, Barrister, Capt Commandant of the ?? Middlesex Rifle | |||
| Residence | 1871 | Age: 56; RelationToHead: Head - Harrow, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Death | 11 Jun 1874 | Dudley Lodge, Harrow, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Burial | 16 Jun 1874 | St Mary's, Harrow, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Interesting Fact | Great friend of Rajah J Brooke |
Families
| Spouse | Hannah Frances Gordon (1813 - 1889) |
| Child | Dora Elizabeth Gordon Templer (1844 - 1919) |
| Child | Col James Lethbridge Brooke Templer (1846 - 1924) |
| Child | John Harvey Templer (1847 - 1922) |
| Child | Frederick Gordon Templer (1849 - 1918) |
| Child | George Anson Templer (1851 - 1913) |
| Father | James Templer (1787 - 1858) |
| Mother | Catherine Lethbridge (1786 - 1845) |
| Sibling | James Lethbridge Templer (1811 - 1845) |
| Sibling | Henry Augustus Templer (1813 - 1874) |
| Sibling | George Denis O'Kelly Templer (1815 - 1872) |
| Sibling | Hebe Catherine Templer (1817 - 1887) |
| Sibling | William Vinnicombe Templer (1819 - 1819) |
| Sibling | Catherine Lethbridge Templer (1820 - 1835) |
| Sibling | Barbara Alicia Templer (1821 - 1822) |
| Sibling | Rev William Christopher Templer (1823 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Charles Copland Templer (1825 - 1895) |
| Sibling | Frederick Octavius Templer (1826 - 1841) |
| Sibling | Alice Mary Templer (1828 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Robert Baron Templer (1830 - 1886) |