• Born: 5 Sep 1823, Walcot, Somerset, England
• Christened: 6 Feb 1824, St. Swithin, Walcot, Somerset, England ¹
• Married: Abt 1855
• Died: 30 Dec 1882, The Cottage, Bangalore, East Indies ^{2 3}

  Research Notes:

Robert Griffith son of Frederick Lewis of 10 Larkhall Place, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and Harriett (baptismal record)

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Robert Griffith Lewis became a captain in the Madras Army on 29 Dec 1859.

Homeward Mail from India, China and the Colonies (Supplement), 8 Mar 1864, p. 221

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Cpt. Robert Griffith Lewis, 31st Native Infantry, attained the rank of Major in the Madras Army on 29 Dec 1864.

Home News for India, China and the Colonies, 10 Oct 1865, p. 18

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Robert Griffith Lewis, of the Madras Staff Corps, was appointed to the rank of Major-General on 30 Jun 1880.

Naval and Military Gazette, 13 Oct 1880, p. 20

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Robert Griffith Lewis, Major General M.S.C. (retired), died of general disability aged 58 years (burial record).

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The Will of Robert Griffith Lewis esquire late of the Cottage Bangalore in the East Indies, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Madras Staff Corps, who died 30 December 1882 at the Cottage, was proved 3 July 1884 at the Principal Registry by John Bruce Nichols of Grandon Lodge Holmwood in the county of Surrey, esquire, the nephew, one of the executors. Personal estate £173 in England. ³

  Marriage Information:

Robert married Lucy about 1855. (Lucy was born about 1856 and was buried on 18 Apr 1903 in St. John, Bangalore, India.)