John Surtees Minter

1856 - 1902  (45 years)

• Name	John Surtees Minter
  Birth	23 Jun 1856	Portsea, Hants   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	349
  _UID	D4D3A7EF75C941E08DDFA26B689D833AD786
  Death	17 Jan 1902	Plymouth, Devon   [1]
  Notes	London Daily News 26 June 1856: MINTER - June 23, at Gloucester-place, Southsea, Hants, the wife of J. M. Minter, Esq., of a son. Found only on 1861 census, at home with parents, and 1901, visitor at 5 Tremalon Terrace, Plymouth (44, retired captain Royal Artillery) - a widower. John married in India. His wife Martha Harris Minter died aged 43 in Q2 1897 at Tavistock. From the Charterhouse Register 1872 - 1900 (at http://www.archive.org/): Minter, John Surtees. b. 23 June, 1856. Entered L.Q., 1868; (Gownboys) ; Left O.Q., 1872: - Joined R.A., 1876 ; served in Afghan War, 1880; Capt., 1885; Reserve of Officers, 1876; retired, 1896. Died at Plymouth, 17 January, 1902. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Mar 24, 1880; pg. 12; Issue 29837 carried the announcement of John Surtees Minter's promotion on 23 March to Lieutenant. J S Minter appears in the January 1893 Army List as a Captain, stationed in Delhi. Apr 2010: John J Minter has also found records for John Surtees Minter in findmypast's Chelsea Pensioner collection showing inter alia that he was in the Army List for 1878, Royal Regiment of Artillery, possibly joined in 1876. An entry in the London Gazette of 19 February 1901: 'Adjudications annulled' On 18 January 1901, John Surtees Minter of 21 Walker Terrace, Plymouth, Devon, Retired Captain in Her Majesty's Army, at the court of Plymouth and East Stonehouse, had the adjudication of 2 March 1899 annulled on the grounds that 'It having been proved to the Court that all the debts of the said John Surtees Minter have been paid in full'.
  Person ID	I349	Folkestone, Kent
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	John Moolenburgh Minter,   b. 1 Apr 1815, Folkestone, Kent d. 15 Dec 1891, Plympton St Mary, Devon (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Harriet WITHERS,   b. 11 Mar 1821, Whitechapel, London d. 26 Dec 1899, Plymouth (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	14 May 1846	St Paul's, High Beech, Essex   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F41	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Harris EASTLAKE,   b. Sep 1853, Plympton St Mary RD d. 10 May 1897, Yelverton, Devon (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	2 Dec 1882	Bombay Cathedral, Bombay, India   [4]
  	The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 29, 1882; pg. 1; Issue 30703.: "On Saturday, the 2d Dec., 1882, at the Cathedral, Bombay, by the Rev. F L Sharpin, JOHN SURTEES MINTER, Lieutenant Royal Artillery, to MARTHA HARRIS, fourth daughter of the late WILLIAM EASTLAKE, Esq., of Horrabridge, Devon." From British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns - Marriages Image at findmypast.co.uk: Married by license. John Surtees Minter, full age, bachelor, lieutenant, Royal Artillery of Bombay, father John Mortenburg (sic) Minter. Martha Harris Eastlake, full age, spinster of Bombay, father William Eastlake. Witnesses George E Evers, Frederick Edgelow, E K E Spence.
  Children	1. Mabel Eastlake Surtees Minter,   b. 31 Dec 1884, India d. Mar 1973, Liskeard RD (Age 88 years)   2. John Paul Surtees Minter,   b. 24 Jan 1891, India d. 1973, South Africa (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2016

  
  

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  [S36] BMD index. [S244] London Daily News 26 June 1856, findmypast.co.uk. [S169] The Times Digital Archive, September 2012, "Marriages." Times [London, England] 16 May 1846: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 Sep. 2012. (Reliability: 3). [S169] The Times Digital Archive, September 2012, "Marriages." Times [London, England] 29 Dec. 1882: 1. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 Sep. 2012. (Reliability: 3).