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TFPL: Apr 2016: From the London Gazette of 12 November 1816:

58th Regiment of Foot

To be Lieutenants

Lieutenant Wright Edwards, from half-pay of the 59th Foot, vice Ball, who Exchanges.  Dated October 22 1816.
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From the London Gazette of 20th July 1822:

58th Regiment of Foot:
Lieutenant James Seymour, from half-pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Wright Edwards, who exchanges, receiving the difference.
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In the 1841 census he was on his own in St Thomas, Nottingham as ‘Army H P”
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In 1851 he was in St Pancras, London with his son Charles:

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status  Gender  Age  Birth year  Occupation  Birth place

Wright Edwards Head Widower Male  58 1793   H P Army  Wicklow, Ireland
Charles Edwards Son Unmarried Male 20 1831   Architect  Dorset
Martha Phillimore Servant Unmarried Female 30  1821  Servant  Middlesex

Census details
First name(s) Wright
Last name Edwards
Relationship Head
Marital status Widower
Gender Male
Age 58
Birth year 1793
Occupation H P Army
Birth place Ireland
Birth place as transcribed Ireland
Birth town -
Birth county Wicklow
Birth county as transcribed Wicklow
Street Durnford Place
Town -
Parish Saint Pancras
City London
County Middlesex
Hamlet -
Parliamentary borough -
Municipal ward -
Registration district Saint Pancras
Archive reference HO107
Piece number 1498
Folio 648
Page 63
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In the 1861 census he was in Harlington, Staines, Mx and had two offspring with him:

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status  Gender  Age  Birth year  Occupation  Birth place

Wright Edwards Head Widower Male 69 1792 Captain H P Army  Ireland
Harriet Edwards Daughter Unmarried Female 28 1833  -  Dorset
Alfred Edwards Son Unmarried Male 30 1831 Planter  Dorset
Joseph Bates Serv - Male 13 1848 House Boy Harlington, Middlesex
Meriam White Servant Unmarried Female 21 1840  House Servant  Hayes, Middlesex

Census details
First name(s) Wright
Last name Edwards
Relationship Head
Marital status Widower
Gender Male
Age 69
Birth year 1792
Occupation Captain H P Army
Birth town -
Birth town as transcribed ...
Birth county -
Birth county as transcribed -
Birth place (other) Ireland
Birth place other as transcribed IRELAND
Street Bath Road
Parish Harlington
City or borough -
County Middlesex
Country England
Municipal ward -
Parliamentary borough -
Ecclesiastical district Christchurch
Registration district Staines
Enumeration district 4
Archive reference RG09
Piece number 764
Folio number 54
Page number 12
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Their marriage:

First name(s) WRIGHT
Last name EDWARDS
Marriage year 1823
Marriage day 27
Marriage month Jan
Parish St George, Hanover Square
Spouse's first name(s) SARAH BISHOP
Spouse's last name JONES
Groom's parish St George Hanover Square
Bride's parish St George Hanover Square
County Middlesex
Record set Westminster Marriages
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