Individual Details
Col William Charles Widdicombe
(26 Oct 1825 - 12 Jul 1875)
Ensign, HIECS.
Colonel, Bombay Staff Corps.
District Judge, Karachi.
Buried, Karachi.
Four sons, two daughters.
Colonel, Bombay Staff Corps.
District Judge, Karachi.
Buried, Karachi.
Four sons, two daughters.
Events
| Birth | 26 Oct 1825 | Ugborough, Devon, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Christen | 23 Nov 1825 | Ugborough, Devon, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Residence | 1841 | Age: 16 - Kingsteignton, Devon, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Military service | 1850 - 1870 | India | |||
| Residence | 1851 | Age: 26; RelationToHead: Son - Kingsteignton, Devon, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Marriage | 12 Feb 1851 | Ugborough, Devon, England, United Kingdom - Anne "Annie" Templer | |||
| Residence | 1861 | Age: 36; RelationToHead: Head - Kingsteignton, Devon, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Residence | 1871 | Age: 46; RelationToHead: Head - Kingsteignton, Devon, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Death | 12 Jul 1875 | Karachi, India | |||
| Burial | 12 Jul 1875 | Age: 50 - Kurrachee, Bombay, India | |||
| Military | Bombay Staff Corp - Judge of the High Court at Karachi |  |
Families
| Spouse | Anne "Annie" Templer (1827 - 1876) |
| Child | William Servington Widdicombe (1853 - 1854) |
| Child | Henry Sutherland Widdecombe (1855 - 1856) |
| Child | William Sutherland Widdicombe (1857 - 1881) |
| Child | Francis Widdicombe (1859 - 1859) |
| Child | Annie Templer Widdicombe (1860 - 1926) |
| Child | Maud Mary Widdicombe (1862 - 1939) |
| Child | Harry Templer Widdicombe (1864 - 1917) |
| Child | Lt Col Frederick Servington Widdicombe (1866 - 1920) |
| Child | Lt Col George Templer Widdicombe (1867 - 1952) |
| Father | William Widdicombe (1780 - 1865) |
| Mother | Eliza Hodder (1793 - 1869) |
| Sibling | Eliza Widdicombe ( - ) |
| Sibling | Jane Widdicombe ( - ) |
| Sibling | John Widdicombe ( - ) |
| Sibling | Catherine Widdicombe (1827 - ) |
| Sibling | Samuel Widdicombe ( - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Catherine Widdicombe (1832 - ) |
| Sibling | Servington Widdicombe (1834 - 1848) |
Notes
Military
Extracts of notes from Lt-Col John Line Templer Widdicombe - April 1960Col William Widdicombe 1825-1875
late 7th N.I. Regt. Bombay Staff corp and HEICS (my grandfather)
Born at Ugborough 26th October 1825
Commisioned Ensign in Hon East India Coy's force 7th June 1844
Married (at Ugborough) 12 Feb 1851 to Annie, daughter of John Line Templer of Torr Hill, Ivybridge b.1827 d 1876 at Blackheath
Lieutenant 18 May 1851
Adjutant 7th (Bombay) N.I. 1854-1857 (they took no part in the mutiny)
Captain, Bombay Staff Corp - 2nd Nov 1857
Major, Bombay Staff Corp - 7th June 1864
Lt-Col, Bombay Staff Corp - 7th June 1870
Colonel, Land Forces - 7th June 1875
Transferred to Civil Administration and appointed Judicial Deputy Magistrate, Hydrabad - 27th Oct 1860
Judge and Sessions Judge, Hydrabad, Sind - 1864
Judge and Sessions judge Karachi - 1868
Acting Judicial Commissioner, Sind -1868
Judge of the High Court, Karachi
Died at Karachi, 12th July 1875 and buried there in th English Cemetery
He was the second son of (the elder, john had no male issue) of William Widdicombe of Haye in Ugborough (to whom there is a stain glass window in the church) (John built a cattle fountain at Halford Moor, which is still working)
He married Annie in 1851. Annie, I think was the second daughter of John Line Templer of Torr Hill, who was the son of Col Henry Line Templer 10th Light Dragoons.
There were three daughters, Ellen whom I remember well and who never married, Annie my grandmother and Georgina