COLONEL FREDERICK MERCER HUNTER CB CSI
Born in 1844 - Died in 1898
He hailed from Fife in Scotland. He married on 10th October 1868 at St Paul's Church Poona Agnes Maria, one of five daughters of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Augustus Moyle and Laura Simpson. C A Moyle was the son of John Grenfell Moyle FRCS, Who had been president of the Medical Board in Bombay. He had as far as I know at least three children:
1 Douglas.
2 Lilian Augusta Alice Henrietta, born 21st September 1872, died in 1903. She married Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Fenton Jacob.
3 Gerald.
He joined the Indian Army and subsequently moved into the political department of the same. In the period 1884 - 20th July 1887 he was political agent in Somaliland then administered by the British out of Aden. On 11th December 1884, a Major at the time, he signed the Gadabursi Treaty with the Warsangali in Somalia. He was Governor of Somalia in 1887 - 1888. He was also acting resident at Aden in 1885.
Douglas, Gerald and Lilian.
Frederick's wife with Douglas and Lilian.
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