Sir Francis Wheler, 10th Baronet

Sir Francis Wheler, 10th Baronet
Born1801
Died1878
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Indian Army
RankMajor General
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Major-General Sir Francis Wheler, 10th Baronet CB (1801–1878) was a British Indian Army officer, serving in the Bengal cavalry.

He inherited the baronetcy on the death of his older brother Sir Trevor on 6 September 1869.

Wheler married twice:

1) 1827 Caroline Palmer, with whom he had two children:

  • Harriet Anne Wheler
  • Sir Trevor Wheler, 11th Baronet (1828–1900)

2) 1841 Elizabeth Bishop (ca. 1819–1900), daughter of William Bishop, of Grayswood, Surrey, with whom he had three children:

Sir Francis died on 4 April 1878, aged 76. His grave is in the church of All Saints in Leamington Hastings near Rugby. Lady Wheler died at South Lawn, Hesketh-park, Southport, on 16 March 1900, aged 80.[1]

  1. ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 36093. London. 19 March 1900. p. 1.