When a British widow petitioned the India Office for financial help in 1868
Charlotte Francis Laing’s request was turned down as an official noted that she received an annual pension of £225 from the Bengal Military Fund.
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Living on a reduced income in 1868 - Untold lives blog
In April 1868 Charlotte Francis Laing sent a petition to the India Office for financial assistance. She had been reduced from affluence to ‘extreme penury’ when the failure of the Bank of Bombay took away her income from a holding of 180 shares. Article about the collapse of the Bank...
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