Correspondence concerning the disposal of the estate of Henry Bensley Thornhill, Bengal Civil Service 1846-57, who was killed at Sitapur during the Mutiny.
Three letters from Mary Thornhill; one from Ghazipur dated 13 Feb 1854, to her mother; and two letters to Emily Couper (wife of Sir George Couper, Indian Civil Service 1846-82), one undated letter from Banda and one, dated 22 May [1857] from Fatehgarh.
Mary Thornhill's copy of The Afflicted's Refuge or Prayers adapted to various circumstances of distress (Edinburgh, 1840), found in the palace of the Nawab of Farrukhabad in January 1858.
Ambrotype portrait of Robert Bensley Thornhill. TRANSFERRED TO PHOTO 1229. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Oval image. Half-length portrait of Robert Bensley Thornhill (1818-1857), Bengal Civil Service, killed with his wife and children at Cawnpore (Kanpur).