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Originally Posted by Coquet
Did you dig any deeper with Robert Arthur Fitzhardinge Kingscote? Was he a Colonel in the 17th Lancers? born 1811? Still find it astonishing someone could plonk a colliery down on your land without your full approval.
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By 1840 he had been in the 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons (Lancers) for 8 years (Hart's Army List). He was a cornet from 1832, a lieutenant from 1836 and a captain from 1 November 1839.
He died in Harrogate but in 1871 he was living in Eastbourne, occupation, "treasurer of county courts" and in 1881 was visiting a family in Scotland where he was still giving the same occupation. In 1851 he was treasurer of the South Wales county courts.
Apparently his great uncle was Lord Raglan of Crimea fame. So basically, a privileged member of the aristocracy who could dig holes anywhere he liked
