Lieut. Col. Robert Brice

1771 - 1812  (41 years)

• Name	Robert Brice
  Relationship	with Marion Murdoch Johnson
  Gender	Male
  Birth	11 Apr 1771	Dublin, Ireland   [1]
  Education	12 Jan 1785	Westminster School, Westminster, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of Great Britain   [1, 2]
  Education	9 May 1789	St John's College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain
  Occupation	Military Service (East India Company / Madras)
  Military Service	1790  [2]
  Military Service	16 Jun 1791  [2]
  Military Service	6 Jun 1793
  Military Service	17 Jun 1800
  Military Service	21 Sep 1804
  Military Service	1 Mar 1809  [2]
  Death	25 Sep 1812  [1]
  Siblings	4 brothers and 2 sisters
  > 1. Maria Isabella Brice           b. Abt 1760             d. Jun 1833  (Age ~ 73 years) ▻ Baronet Sir John Anstruther,  m. 12 Aug 1784   2. William Adair Brice           b. Abt 1762             d. 12 Apr 1782  (Age ~ 20 years)   3. Lieut. Col. Arthur Brice           b. Abt 1768             d. 16 Mar 1801  (Age ~ 33 years) > 4. Rev. Archibald Adair Brice           b. 10 Nov 1769, Kilroot House, Kilroot, County Antrim, Ireland           d. 1828, 61 High Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom  (Age 58 years) ▻ Martha Porter,  m. 11 Mar 1800 > 5. Lieut. Col. Robert Brice           b. 11 Apr 1771, Dublin, Ireland           d. 25 Sep 1812  (Age 41 years) ▻ Marie Le Roux de Touffreville,  m. 14 Apr 1806   6. Margaret Brice           b. Between 1758 and 1787   7. John Rider Brice           b. Between 1758 and 1787
  Half-siblings	1 half brother (family of Edward Brice and Rose Stewart)
  > 1. Edward Brice           b. 1753             d. 9 Jul 1815  (Age 62 years) ▻ Theodora Mullins,  m. 1772
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Edward Brice           b. Abt [J] 1721             d. 8 May 1808, Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom (Age ~ 87 years)
  Mother	Jane Smith Adair           b. 20 Dec 1737, London           d. 5 Feb 1825, Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	4 Dec 1758	Belfast, Ireland   [3]
  Count of Children	6

  
  

  Wife	Marie Le Roux de Touffreville           b. 1787             d. 25 Sep 1848, Madras, Madras Presidency, India (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	14 Apr 1806	Poonamallee, Madras, Madras Presidency, India   [4]
  Age at Marriage	Robert was 35 years old - Marie was ~ 19 years old.
  Children	1. Maria Isabella Anstruther Brice           b. 20 Feb 1807             d. 17 Mar 1858 (Age 51 years)   2. Sarah Jane Anstruther Brice           b. 7 Nov 1808             d. 1 May 1888 (Age 79 years)   3. Col. Sir Edward Brice, CB           b. 22 Jun 1810, Patamcottah, Madras Presidency, India           d. 8 Jun 1868, 66, Harley Street, Marylebone, Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom (Age 57 years)
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Early Life Robert Brice was born on the 11th April 1771 in Dublin, to Edward Brice and Jane Smith Adair, their youngest of five children. He attended Westminster School from January 1785, and then went to St John's College, Cambridge, in 1789. Career Robert joined the East India Company in Madras (now Chennai) as a cadet in 1790 and spent most of his life in India. He was eventually promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1809. Family Life Robert married Maria de Touffreville in Poonamallee, a district of Madras on the 14th of April 1806. They had three children: Maria Isabella Anstruther, born 1807 (named after her aunt Maria Isabella who married Sir John Anstruther, Bart.). She married Arthur Haultain, a cousin in India Sarah Jane Anstruther, born 1808. Edward, born 1810, married Ann Young McMaster in Madras and had ten children Death Robert died on the 25th September 1812. The following is the inscription from his tomb1: Lieut. Colonel Robert BRICE, aged 40 years, late commandant of the garrison and the Tinnevelly district, who departed this life on the 23rd day of September 1812 leaving a wife and three children to deplore his loss. He married Miss Maria TOUFFREVILLE (Roman) of Pondicherry, who died at Secunderabad, September 25th, 1848, aged 62 (see No. 803). This marriage was first done at Pondicherry and again at Cuddalore on 14th April 1806 with the following witnesses : — The parents of the bride Col. P. Touffreville and Mrs. Marie Touffreville, Peisse Bausset. Col. P. Touffreville was Colonel Pierre Adrien Le Roux de Touffreville, who may have been the brother of L. Leroux de Touffreville, the Governor General of Inde Francaise between 1792 and 1793. The Touffreville family were based in Mauritius (then, Île de France). I've no idea who Peisse Bausset was, but note that there's a chance it was Joseph Pierre de Bausset. Footnotes [1] See https://archive.org/stream/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsMonumentsMadrasVol2Cotton/List%20of%20Inscriptions%20on%20Tombs%20%26%20Monuments%20Madras%20Vol%202%20%28Cotton%29_djvu.txt

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Apr 1771 - Dublin, Ireland Education - 12 Jan 1785 - Westminster School, Westminster, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Education - 9 May 1789 - St John's College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Marriage - 14 Apr 1806 - Poonamallee, Madras, Madras Presidency, India  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S0095] Ancestry, Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900, (ancestry.co.uk), Robert Brice. [S0122] GF Russell Barker, Alan H Stenning, Record of Old Westminsters, to 1927, The, (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006984630&view=1up&seq=1), Page 120. [S0339] Various, Ancestry Message Boards, https://www.ancestry.com.au/boards/surnames.adair/1374.2.1.3.1.1.1.1.2.3/mb.ashx. [S0173] Ancestry, India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948, (ancestry.co.uk), 14 Apr 1806, Demoisette Maria Jonffreville; FHL Film Number 506955.