Fath Ali Shah Qajar honors George Willock (Henry's brother) with the Order of the Lion and the Sun

Sir Henry Willock (1790  1858) was a lieutenant-colonel and the British Envoy to Persia from 1815-1826.[1] He was the chairman of the East India Company (EIC) in 1844–45.[2][3] Willock married Elizabeth Davis, daughter of EIC Director and orientalist Samuel Davis, in 1826.[4]

References

  1. "Who was who in Central Asia (British)". bl.uk. The British Library. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  2. "People of historical note buried in the borough M to Z". richmond.gov.uk. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Civic Centre. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  3. "News of the Week". The Spectator. 12 July 1845. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  4. Burke, Bernard (1860). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison and Sons. p. 271.


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