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Philip Hamond (1838-1861) who died aged 22/3, Cornet in the 21st Light Dragoons, photographed in 1860 by Camille Silvy of London

1907 memorial window depicting Philip Hamond (1838-1861) who died aged 22/3, Cornet in the 21st Light Dragoons, All Saints Church, West Acre, Norfolk. He is apparently dressed in the uniform of Lieutenant of a Hussar regiment (tunic cuffs were decorated as follows: Lieutenants – A gold chain gimp Austrian knot reaching 8 inches from the cuff edge). The east window of West Acre Church was glazed by Burlison and Grylls in 1907, commissioned by his only surviving brother Thomas Astley Horace Hamond (1845-1917), and depicts all four brothers, four sons of Anthony Hamond (1805-1869), lord of the manors of of West Acre and Swaffham, Norfolk, by his wife Mary Anne Musters, eldest daughter of John Musters of Colwick, Annesley, Nottinghamshire. ( Burke, John,A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank; but Uninvested with Heritable Honours, London, 1836, pp.1036-7):

  • Anthony Hamond (1834-1895), eldest brother; lord of the manor of of West Acre and Master of Foxhounds; unmarried;
  • Philip Hamond (1838-1861), second brother, who died in India of sunstroke aged 22/3, serving as Cornet in the 21st Light Dragoons; unmarried;
  • Admiral Richard Horace Hamond (1843-1906), third brother, second surviving brother; lord of the manor of of West Acre; unmarried;
  • Thomas Astley Horace Hamond (1845-1917), a solicitor, fourth brother, third surviving brother, lord of the manor of of West Acre; unmarried;

Text from http://www.19thcenturyphotos.com/Philip-Hamond-126809.htm:

"Born in 1838, he (Philip Hamond (1838-1861)) was the third (2nd per Burke's) son of Anthony Hamond of High House, West Acre, Norfolk. His mother was Mary Ann née Chaworth-Musters. Educated at Brighton College and at Eton, in 1856, aged 17, he went up to Magdalene College, Cambridge; he subsequently became a Cornet in the 21st Light Dragoons. He died, aged only 22, in India of sunstroke on 23 August 1861. According to an announcement of his death in the Naval and Military Gazette (26 October 1861), he died ‘whilst on a march from Murree to Cashmere.’ His grave at Kohala [present day Pakistan] is marked ‘Sacred to the memory of Philip Hamond, Esq., Cornet 21st Light Dragoons, who died suddenly near this spot on the 23rd August 1861 when on his way to Cashmere. Deeply regretted by his brother officers by whom this tablet is erected.’ Though slightly damaged now, the headstone is still standing today. Norfolk Record Office holds a packet of his letters written to his parents, his brothers and sisters Tommy, Dick and Fanny, and to the family nurse, Nanny. These contain much on sport in England and India, as well as descriptions of regiment life, the Indian countryside and severe floods at Peshawur, including sketches showing the route of a march from Rawlpindi towards the Indus with comments on local sport. Other letters describe skating at Cambridge, building works at High House and agriculture on the Westacre estate, including the use of a mowing machine".
See also: hatchment on the north wall of West Acre Church for Philip Hamond (d.1824) of High House, West Acre, Norfolk. In 1803 he married Anne Packe, a daughter of Charles James Packe (1726 – 1816) of w:Prestwold Hall, Prestwold, Leicestershire, who rebuilt Prestwold Hall, and soon after created the park around it. Philip Hamond's eldest son and heir was Anthony Hamond (d.1869), High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1836. The Hamonds were descendants of Susan Walpole, youngest sister of Sir Robert Walpole of Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Prime Minister; (Source: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, pp.1036-7). Arms: Azure, three doves argent between two chevronels or (Hamond of West Acre) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.450) impaling Quarterly sable and or, in the first quarter a cinquefoil argent with an ermine spot on each leaf (Packe, of Prestwold, Leicestershire (Burke, 1884, p.769)). Crest: On a rocky mount proper a dove rising argent holding in the beak a slip of olive vert (Hamond). The marble monuments are an important feature. The largest is for Anthony Hamond, who died in 1822 (probably father of Philip Hamond (d.1824), who was 2nd son and heir of "Anthony Hamond" of Westacre) and features a draped Grecian sarcophagus beaing his arms and above it an angel pointing Heavenwards. The sculptor was Joseph Threakston (1772-1842). The monument on the east wall depicts a mother weeping over her daughter's sarcophagus, and is for Frances Hamond, d.1820. (Text per https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF3889-All-Saints%27-Church-Westacre&Index=3580&RecordCount=56881&SessionID=eca5e435-170a-4dcc-8944-b45d71b579e0). Will of Philip Hamond of Westacre High House , Norfolk. Date: 20 September 1824. Held by: The National Archives, Kew. Hamond memorial window, by Burlison & Grys, 1907.
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