Descendants of John DE BELASIS

Twenty-Sixth Generation

168. Thomas BELASYSE Viscount Fauconberg [scrapbook] (Thomas BELASYSE , Rowland BELASYSE , Henry BELASYSE , Thomas BELASYSE , Henry BELASIS , William BELASYSE , Richard BELASYSE , Thomas BELASYSE , William BELASYSE , Robert BELASYSE , John BELASYSE , John BELASYSE , William BELASYSE , John BELASISE , John BELASISE , Robert DE BELASISE , Thomas DE BELASISE , Roger DE BELASISE , Rowland BELASISE , William BELASIS , Robert BELASIS , William DE BELASIS , Ralph DE BELASYSE , Rowland DE BELASYSE , John ) was born in 1699. He died in 1774. Thomas obtained a marriage licence in 1726. He was created Earl of Fauconberg in 1756. Thomas Belasyse was Lord of the Bedchamber to George II and was one of the Privy Council.

They had the following children.

+	188	M	i	Henry BELASYSE Earl of Fauconberg was born in 1742. He died in 1802.
	189	F	ii	Barbara BELASYSE. Barbara obtained a marriage licence in 1752.
				Barbara married Hon. George BARNEWALL [scrapbook] in 1752.
	190	F	iii	Mary BELASYSE. Mary obtained a marriage licence in 1776.
				Mary married Thomas EYRE.
	191	F	iv	Anne BELASYSE. Anne obtained a marriage licence in 1761.
				Anne married Francis TALBOT.
	192	M	v	Thomas BELASYSE. Thomas died young. He died young.
	193	F	vi	Catherine BELASYSE. Catherine died in 1758 young.

They had the following children.

	194	M	i	Rowland BELASYSE Viscount Fauconberg was born in 1745. He died in 1810. Succeeded as 6th Baron and Viscount Fauconberg on the death of his 2nd cousin, Henry, in 1802.
	195	M	ii	Charles BELASYSE DD, Viscount Fauconberg was born in 1750. He died in 1815. He was a Roman Catholic priest of the Sorbonne.  He succeeded as 7th Baron and Viscount Fauconberg and, on his death, all these ancient honours became extinct.
	196	M	iii	Thomas BELASYSE was born in 1751. He died in 1810. Five children appear in the family Pedigree but their birth dates were wrong for the marriage. Further research is required. None of the stated children produced a Belasyse line.
				Thomas married Louisa Juliana DE MANNEVILLE in 1788.

180. Rev George BELLASIS DD [scrapbook] (Joseph BELLAS , George BELLASIS , George BELLASIS , William BELLASIS , Bryan BELASYSE , William BELASYSE , Richard BELASYSE , Thomas BELASYSE , William BELASYSE , Robert BELASYSE , John BELASYSE , John BELASYSE , William BELASYSE , John BELASISE , John BELASISE , Robert DE BELASISE , Thomas DE BELASISE , Roger DE BELASISE , Rowland BELASISE , William BELASIS , Robert BELASIS , William DE BELASIS , Ralph DE BELASYSE , Rowland DE BELASYSE , John ) was born in 1730. He died in 1802. Reverend George Bellasis was Rector of Yattendon; Vicar of Basildon and Ashampstead, Berkshire. He graduated from Queen's College,Oxford, becoming Doctor of Divinity.

George married Margaret HARVEY [scrapbook] on 15 Dec 1757 in Basildon, Berkshire. Margaret was born in 1726 in Winchester. She died in 1795. Margaret Harvey first married John Land.

They had the following children.

	197	M	i	General Joseph Harvey BELLASIS was born in 1759. He died in 1799. Joseph Harvey Bellasis was a scholar in Latin and Greek and matriculated from Oxford University in 1775.  He was Ensign in the Berkshire Militia from 1779 to 1794.  He became a soldier of fortune, commissioned in the Bengal Engineers and took service with Daulat Rao Sindhia.  He raised a battalion and in a war against Lakwa, he carried by assault the stronghold of Lahar in 1797.  Finally, in a war against Peshwa, he led a forlorn hope at Sonda in Bundelkund and was shot through the head.  He has been written about (Calcutta Review July 1880 and Keene's "Hindustan under Free Lances) and praised as "an ornament to society and an honour to his nation and his profession" (Major Smith in 1803).  He was the hero in "Adventurer in the Punjab" by Sir Henry Lawrence 1843.
				Joseph married Sarah WILLIAMS "Juliana" in 1785. She died before 1793 after having had a daughter who died young. Tom Bellas, in Australia, notes: In 'Honourable Company', Margaret Rosa Bellasis reports that Joseph Harvey married Juliana Williams, who 'had some fortune' since she was the daughter of a retired Company officer. In the India Office Records the marriage of Joseph Harvey Bellas, ensign, in Calcutta on the 1st June 1785 was to Sarah Williams. Then the probate record for Sarah Bellas is for Joseph's first wife. The name Juliana was recorded by Augustus in the pedigree, and he worked for the Indian Civil Service, so the discrepancy may due to the use of two forenames and this entry has been adjusted accordingly.
	198	M	ii	Lt Col George Bridges BELLASIS [scrapbook] was born in 1767. He died in 1825. Lt Col George Bridges Bellasis was Commandant of Horse Brigade, Poonah, and Artillery at Bombay (now Mumbai).  He fought at the Battle of Seringapatam in 1799 and was awarded a gold medal.  He fought a duel in which he killed A.A.Forbes Mitchell.  Forbes had declared his intent to marry George's sister-in-law, Ann, but he changed his mind and George challenged him to a due on a matter of honour, and killed him.  By this time, it was a criminal offence to kill your oponent, and after the trial in Bombay, he was dispatched to Australia (then New Holland) on board the Fly in 1798.  However, his Uncle John used his influence to obtain a pardon.  George was one of the few to return from the penal colony and he was restored to his rank and position in 1802.  At his death, the Bombay Courier described him as "brilliant and vivacious".  He was known at one time as the handsomest man in India.  There were seven girls in the King family and George married two of them.
				George married Esther KING in 1792. Esther was born in 1770. She died in 1805.
				George also married Elizabeth KING "Eliza" [scrapbook] in 1810. Eliza was born in 1775. She died in 1837. Marriage Notes: Eliza was Esther' sister and widow of Capt. Thomas Kent E.I.C.S.
	199	F	iii	Charlotte BELLASIS [scrapbook] was born in 1751. She died in 1784.
				Charlotte married Major Daniel Beat CHRISTIE in 1784. Bombay Engineers and Adjutant General Bombay Army.  He served in the war against Hyder Ali.

George also married Leah VIALL [scrapbook] in 1796. Some records show Leah was formerly Mrs Cooper, widow of Mr Cooper (1763-1849).  Others think she was Miss Leah Cooper Viall.  She is also recorded as having married again after George.  m.2nd Rev. Joseph Maude, M.A., 4th son of Joseph Maude and brother-in-law to George Hutchins Bellasis.

They had the following children.

+	200	M	iv	Serjeant Edward BELLASIS was born in 1800. He died on 24 Jan 1873.
	201	F	v	Anna Maria BELLASIS was born in 1797 in Basildon, Berkshire. She died in 1875.
				Anna married John MASFEN in 1819. Surgeon

They had the following children.

+	202	M	i	John BELLASIS was born in 1784. He died in 1853.
+	203	M	ii	George BELLASIS was born in 1768. He died in 1802.
	204	M	iii	William BELLASIS was born in 1777. He died in 1800. Served in the India Merchant Service and died at sea aboard the Scaleby Castle, of which he was an Officer.
	205	F	iv	Frances BELLASIS was born in 1771.
				Frances married Richard DIXON in 1795. Fought in a battle in 1837

182. Major-General John "General John" BELLASIS [scrapbook] (Joseph BELLAS , George BELLASIS , George BELLASIS , William BELLASIS , Bryan BELASYSE , William BELASYSE , Richard BELASYSE , Thomas BELASYSE , William BELASYSE , Robert BELASYSE , John BELASYSE , John BELASYSE , William BELASYSE , John BELASISE , John BELASISE , Robert DE BELASISE , Thomas DE BELASISE , Roger DE BELASISE , Rowland BELASISE , William BELASIS , Robert BELASIS , William DE BELASIS , Ralph DE BELASYSE , Rowland DE BELASYSE , John ) was born in 1743. He died in 1808. Major-General John Bellasis was Commander of the East India Company forces in Bombay.  He died at the Council Table in Bombay.  He fought in numerous actions under Sir Arthur Wellesley.  After the battle of Cannonore, the reinstated Queen of Cannonore presented "General John" with a wicker chair. With the chair was given an emerald ring.  The chair still exists and is painted black, but under the chipped paint can be seen white paint and, under that, guilt.  It is thought to have been a guilded throne and it was brought to General John after he left a board meeting with convulsions and he died in the chair.  The Chairman of the East India Company from 1778 was Sir George Wombwell, whose wife was Anne, née Belasyse, of Newburgh Priory (see www.newburghpriory.co.uk).  Anne was potentially 5th cousin twice removed to General John and they died in the same year. He financed the education of his nephew, Edward, who became Serjeant-at-Law.  He financed and organised the publication of the History and Antiquities of Dorset, a three-volumed master-piece compiled by his Father-in-Law and saved from fire by his wife.  The work is said to be the finest county record of all the English counties. He financed the registering of the Bellasis family pedigree with the Royal College of Arms on 17th June 1792; it cost about £92 in those days.  The existence of one patent is known and there is one official copy.  The arms were granted to "George Bellasis and John Bellasis....and their descendants and those of their said late father Joseph Bellas'"; and vary from the ancient arms in respect of the blue chevron as opposed to red because of the difficulty in proving the link (see the Scrapbook item of George Bellasis d.1704).

General John married Anne Martha HUTCHINS [scrapbook] in 1776 in Warham. Anne died in 1797.

They had the following children.

+	206	M	i	George Hutchins BELLASIS was born in 1778. He died in 1822.
	207	M	ii	Col Joseph Hutchins BELLASIS [scrapbook] was born in 1781. He died in 1816. He was buried in Surat, India. Joseph worked in the Indian Civil Service.
	208	M	iii	Joseph John BELLASIS was born in 1780. He died in 1780.
	209	F	iv	Helen Hutchins BELLASIS was born in 1777. She died in 1840.
				Helen married Henry FAWCETT MP in 1794. Henry died in 1816.
				Helen also married Lieut B TRISTRAM RA in 1819.
	210	M	v	Major-General Edward Hutchins BELLASIS was born in 1783. He died in 1843. Edward worked with the Bombay Engineers.
				Edward married Anne Susan POWELL in 1832.
	211	M	vi	Major John Hutchins BELLASIS was born in 1792. He died in 1837. John served with the Indian Army
				John married Ellen Maria ASHMAN.
+	212	M	vii	Lt-Col Daniel Hutchins BELLASIS was born in 1785. He died in 1836.

They had the following children.

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John CROSBY was born in 1764. He died in 1830.

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