Individual Details
Col Samuel Richard Tickell
(19 Aug 1811 - 20 Apr 1875)
Samuel Richard Tickell (1809-1875)
The Tickell Drawings Collection
Samuel Richard Tickell (1809-1875)
Samuel Richard Tickell was born at Cuttack, about 100 miles from Calcutta in 1809 or 1811. He was educated in England and returned to India when he was nineteen to serve with the Bengal Native Infantry. He participated in active service in Bengal before transferring to the civil department of the army. He carried out surveying work in Bengal and was promoted to lieutenant. In 1840 he was appointed Assistant Resident in Nepal and resided in Kathmandu until 1843 when he returned to Bengal. In 1847 he was promoted to captain and moved to Burma where he retired from the army in 1865 aged fifty-four. He settled in the Channel Islands and died in Cheltenham in 1875.
Tickell's tours of duty took him through many natural habitats in India and Burma. He was fascinated by the colourful wildlife, especially the birds, and was particularly fortunate in having both the scientific knowledge and personal contacts to make a real contribution to the natural history of India in addition to a real talent for painting. He published many scientific papers and was honoured by having several birds named after him.
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Army officer .
Served in the Bengal Native Infantry, 1820?43. Assistant commissioner of Chota Nagpur, Bengal, 1843?7; transferred to Arakan, 1847. Served in Arakan and Tenasserim, Burma, until his retirement in 1865. Studied Indian natural history.
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Tickell - Colonel Samuel Richard - Bengal Army - died 20th April 1875.
Served 31st Native Infantry.
Grave at St. Peter's Church, Leckhampton, Cheltenham, Glos. - "In loving memory of Colonel Samuel Richard Tickell, Bengal Army. Born 1811. Died at Cheltenham 20 April 1875. And of Maria Georginana, his wife, born 1825. Died at Ealing 23 June 1918. Also to the memory of their grandson Captain Templer Henry Scott, 87 Punjabis, who fell in action on 26 April 1915 near Ypres and was buried on the field of battle, aged 31 years."
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Colonel Samuel Richard Tickell (August 19 1811 - April 20, 1875) was a British army officer, artist and ornithologist in India. Tickell was born at Cuttack in India. He was educated in England, returning at the age of nineteen to join the Bengal Native Infantry. He served in Bengal until 1840, when he was made commander of Brian Hodgson's military escort to Katmandu Kathmandu. He returned to Bengal in 1843, and after his promotion to Captain in 1847 he was moved to lower Burma.
During his time in India Tickell made important contributions to the country's ornithology and mammalogy, with field observations and the collections of specimens. He contributed to volume 17 of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Volume 18 included a report by Tickell from Burma.
Tickell retired in 1865 and settled in the Channel Islands. In 1870 his eyes suffered an inflammatory attack which made him blind. He died in Cheltenham
The Tickell Drawings Collection
Samuel Richard Tickell (1809-1875)
Samuel Richard Tickell was born at Cuttack, about 100 miles from Calcutta in 1809 or 1811. He was educated in England and returned to India when he was nineteen to serve with the Bengal Native Infantry. He participated in active service in Bengal before transferring to the civil department of the army. He carried out surveying work in Bengal and was promoted to lieutenant. In 1840 he was appointed Assistant Resident in Nepal and resided in Kathmandu until 1843 when he returned to Bengal. In 1847 he was promoted to captain and moved to Burma where he retired from the army in 1865 aged fifty-four. He settled in the Channel Islands and died in Cheltenham in 1875.
Tickell's tours of duty took him through many natural habitats in India and Burma. He was fascinated by the colourful wildlife, especially the birds, and was particularly fortunate in having both the scientific knowledge and personal contacts to make a real contribution to the natural history of India in addition to a real talent for painting. He published many scientific papers and was honoured by having several birds named after him.
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Army officer .
Served in the Bengal Native Infantry, 1820?43. Assistant commissioner of Chota Nagpur, Bengal, 1843?7; transferred to Arakan, 1847. Served in Arakan and Tenasserim, Burma, until his retirement in 1865. Studied Indian natural history.
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Tickell - Colonel Samuel Richard - Bengal Army - died 20th April 1875.
Served 31st Native Infantry.
Grave at St. Peter's Church, Leckhampton, Cheltenham, Glos. - "In loving memory of Colonel Samuel Richard Tickell, Bengal Army. Born 1811. Died at Cheltenham 20 April 1875. And of Maria Georginana, his wife, born 1825. Died at Ealing 23 June 1918. Also to the memory of their grandson Captain Templer Henry Scott, 87 Punjabis, who fell in action on 26 April 1915 near Ypres and was buried on the field of battle, aged 31 years."
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Colonel Samuel Richard Tickell (August 19 1811 - April 20, 1875) was a British army officer, artist and ornithologist in India. Tickell was born at Cuttack in India. He was educated in England, returning at the age of nineteen to join the Bengal Native Infantry. He served in Bengal until 1840, when he was made commander of Brian Hodgson's military escort to Katmandu Kathmandu. He returned to Bengal in 1843, and after his promotion to Captain in 1847 he was moved to lower Burma.
During his time in India Tickell made important contributions to the country's ornithology and mammalogy, with field observations and the collections of specimens. He contributed to volume 17 of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Volume 18 included a report by Tickell from Burma.
Tickell retired in 1865 and settled in the Channel Islands. In 1870 his eyes suffered an inflammatory attack which made him blind. He died in Cheltenham
Events
| Birth | 19 Aug 1811 | Culcutta, India | |||
| Christen | 16 Jan 1812 | Fort William, Calcutta, West Bengal, India | |||
| Military service | 1830 - 1860 | ||||
| Military | Bet 1830 and 1861 | 31st Native Infantry | |||
| Marriage | 11 Jul 1844 | Burdwan, Bengal, India - Maria Georgina Templer | |||
| Residence | 1871 | Age: 58; RelationToHead: Head - St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom | |||
| Death | 20 Apr 1875 | Cheltenham, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Military | Bengal Army |
Families
| Spouse | Maria Georgina Templer (1825 - 1918) |
| Child | Maria Lousia Tickell (1846 - 1938) |
| Child | Morris Templer Tickell (1848 - 1853) |
| Child | Arthur Templer Tickell (1850 - 1852) |
| Child | Ada Elizabeth Tickell (1855 - 1947) |
| Child | George Templer Tickell (1858 - 1943) |
| Father | Samual Tickell ( - ) |
| Mother | Mary Morris (1789 - 1853) |