Captain Robert O’Brien Jameson

1828 – 1890

 

Relationship with the Hatfield and St Albans Railway Company:

  • The Minute Book records that he was one of four who attended the first Board meeting, on Thursday 11th December 1862.
  • The Minute book also records at the half-yearly Ordinary General Meeting on 9th March 1866 he was proposed for re-election, but an amendment was proposed and carried, that the number of directors be reduced from 7 to 6, which meant there was no longer a place for him.

Life Highlights:

  • Born on 17th June 1828, in Dormybrook, Montrose, Dublin.
  • Cornet in the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards, 1st June 1849.
  • Lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards, 22nd April 1853.
  • Crimean Medal & Clasp for Sebastopol (for January – August 1855).
  • Lieutenant in the 11th Hussars (11th Dragoon Guards), 18th January 1856.
  • Captain in the 11th Hussars (11th Dragoon Guards) (by purchase), 10th April 1857.
  • Retired from the army, 21st May 1858.
  • A Director of the Hatfield and St Albans Railway Company, 1862-66.
  • Married Emily Margaret Mitchell, 1870.
  • Died on 24th August 1890, at 11 Cresswell Gardens, South Kensington.
  • Will proved by his widow Emily, and others, on 10th October 1890: effects £19,250.3.1.

 

Homes included:

  • Hyde Park Cavalry Barrack, 2nd Regiment of Life Guards.
  • 67 Watergate Street Row, Chester.
  • 61 Jermyn Street, St James’s, Middlesex.
  • 11 Cresswell Gardens, South Kensington, Middlesex.
  • 13 Victoria Street, Westminster.

He is at Hyde Park Cavalry Barrack, 2nd Regiment of Life Guards, Westminster, in the 1851 census: Sub-Lieutenant.

He, his wife and 3 servants are at 67 Watergate Street Row, Chester, in the 1871 census; wine merchant.

He, his wife, 1 daughter and 3 servants are at 13 Victoria Street, Westminster, in the 1881 census: wine merchant.

 

Information gathered from:

  • The Hatfield & St Albans Railway Company Minute Book.
  • The British Regimental Registers of Service.
  • British censuses.
  • Marriage Index.
  • Wills Index.

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