David Dyce Sombre
(1808-51)
Honours
Knight of the Order of Christ, 1835 (Vatican)[F76]
Positions Held
Colonel, Sardhana army[F76]
Biographical
Raised a Catholic by the Begum Sumru,[F76]
she adopted him in 1834[S74]
and made him his heir.[F76]
Assumed additional surname of Sombre.[F76]
Received his knighthood from the Pope after the Begum donated £15,000
to the Church.[F76]
Arrived in England 1838.[F76]
Elected MP for Sudbury, 1841, but his election was declared invalid in
1842 for his bribing.[F76]
Declared insane and sent to an asylum, 1842, but escaped to France in
1843.[F76]
Place of birth: Sardhana[F76]
Place of marriage: St George's Church, Hanover Square[F76]
Place of death: London[F76]
Place of burial: Kensal Green cemetery, London,[F76]
interred Sardhana Cathedral, 1867[S74]
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