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Captain William Munton Gunthorpe, 6th Madras Native Infantry, 1845 (c)

Miniature portrait in watercolour on card, artist unknown, 1845 (c).

Captain William Munton Gunthorpe (1811-1858) was born in Antigua on 8 January 1811. He served as a captain with the 6th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry in the 1st China War (1839-1842). He rose to the rank of brevet major in 1854, but died of dysentery in Rangoon on 11 July 1858.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1964-09-96--1

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1964-09-96--1