Chronology
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1723 |
- Hannah born in Worcester 23 April |
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1740 |
Aged 17 - Arrives in London |
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1744 |
Aged 20 - Marries James Summs 6 January |
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1745 |
- Claims to have dressed as a man 23 November, joined the army and was stationed at Carlisle |
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1746 |
- Daughter Susannah Summs born in September |
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1747 |
Aged 24 - Daughter Susannah dies - James Gray boards the Swallow at Portsmouth 23 October; fleet weighs anchor 1 November and sails to Lisbon |
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1748 |
- The Swallow arrives Gibralter in January - Lieutenant Wagget first taken ill - Sails to Mauritius via Cape of Good Hope and arrives in June, invasion of Mauritius aborted and continues on to India; - Arrives Fort St. David 28 July - Attack on Pondicherry begins 8 August. British begin retreat 30 September and marines transferred from Swallow to Eltham - James Gray aboard the Eltham which leaves for Bombay 25 October |
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1749 |
- Anchors Bombay 3 January and Eltham careened - The Eltham arrives back at Fort St. David in late May - James Gray aboard Eltham sails to Porto Novo 29 May - Attack Devicotta 12 June; a number of marines die aboard the Eltham; departs Porto Novo 1 August - James Gray sent to Cuddelore Hospital 2 August and in early October - Gray returns to Eltham 15 October - The Eltham leaves Fort St. David for England 19 October - Lieutenant Wagget dies aboard Eltham 21 October |
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1750 |
Aged 27 - James Gray arrives at Portsmouth 25 May and travels with fellow marines to London - Gray appears with marines to collect pay from John Winter 2 June - Hannah presents petition to Duke of Cumberland 16 June - First report in the press 23 June - Presents affidavit to Lord Mayor of London 27 June - First recorded appearance at New Wells theatre, Goodman’s Fields, 29 June - First and second editions of biography released in July - Hannah performs at the New Wells Spa in September - Appears for examination of wounds at Royal Chelsea Hospital 21 November |
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1751 |
- Appears on stage in Bristol in January - Appears on stage in Bath in February |
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1759 |
Aged 36 - Son, George Spence Eyles, born in Berkshire - Marries Richard Eyles in Berkshire |
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1763 |
Aged 40 - Son, Thomas, baptised in Berkshire |
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1764 |
- James Gray dies |
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1765 |
- George Spence baptised Chelsea - Susannah Gray dies |
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1772 |
Aged 49 - Marries Richard Habgood in Berkshire |
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1778 |
- Meets Reverend James Woodforde, Norfolk |
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1779 |
Aged 56 - Gentleman’s Magazine incorrectly reports Hannah's death |
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1780 |
- George Spence Eyles commences his clerkship to become an attorney |
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1781 |
- George Eyles marries Jane Sympson, London |
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1782 |
- Harriot Anne Eyles christened 8 November at Holborn - George goes on to father four more daughters and one son: Elizabeth (1784), Jane (1785), Mary (1795), Hannah (1798), and Frederick (1806) |
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1785 |
Aged 62 - Hannah applies for increase to her pension - George completes his clerkship - Hannah lives with George and family in Church Street, Stoke Newington |
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1789 |
- George publishes portrait of his mother to raise money for his family |
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1791 |
Aged 68 - Admitted to Bethlem Hospital by George 20 August |
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1792 |
- Hannah dies at Bedlam 8 February. Tradition has it that she was buried at Chelsea Hospital |
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