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(18 Feb 1806 - 6 Apr 1888)
The late Major-General Francis Burton Boileau, whose death occured a few days since at his residence, Castlenau, near Bognor, at the ripe age of 82, was one of the oldest members of the East India Company's forces, and long held a commission in the Bengal Artillery, from which he retired on half-pay as Colonel, with the honorary rank of Major-General. He was a son of the late Mr. S. P. Boileau, and a member of the noble French Huguenot family, the Boileaus, Barons of Castlenau, who came to this country as refugees on the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
Events
| Birth | 18 Feb 1806 | Winchelsea, Sussex, England, United Kingdom | | | |
| Christen | 7 May 1806 | Winchelsea, Sussex, England, United Kingdom | | | |
| Military service | 1826 - 1856 | East India Co | | | |
| Marriage | 17 Jun 1834 | Āgra, West Bengal, India - Sarah Durie | | | |
| Residence | 1871 | Relationship: Head - South Bersted, Sussex, England, United Kingdom | | | |
| Death | 6 Apr 1888 | Castelnau, Bognor Regis, Sussex, England, United Kingdom | | | |
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