Henry Shepherd Pearson
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Henry Shepherd Pearson (c.1775-1840) was Acting Governor of Penang from 1807 to 1808.
According to "The Worthies of Westmorland", by George Atkinson, Henry Shepherd Pearson was the second son of Sir Richard Pearson and Hannah Shepherd. He was christened at Saint Mary the Virgin in Dover, Kent on the 8th February 1777. In 1820 he married Caroline Lyons, daughter of John Lyons of Antigua and Catherine Walrond. Atkinson states that they had five daughters and a son. Below are listed the names of the known children of the marriage between Henry and Caroline:
- Richard Lyons Otway Pearson
- Caroline Pearson (1828-1909), who married barrister and solicitor Charles Evan-Thomas of Glamorganshire, Cardiff, Wales
- Emily (born 1830) who married Captain Cowper Phipps Coles, R.N.
- Henrietta (born London, 1832)
- Agnes Minna Pearson (born Paris, 1835) who married the Rev. Richard Lister Venables and had two daughters; Katherine Minna (born June 1870, London) who married Charles Leyshon Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn (2nd Baronet) and Caroline Emily Venables (born 1872, London)
When Pearson was writing his will (held in National Archives, PROB 11/1931, Image Reference 227/203) in July 1839] he noted that he was "formerly of Bombay" but currently was "of Liverpool House, Dover" (actually Walmer, Kent) and was residing in Boulogne sur Mer, Kingdom of France. He continued to live in Boulogne sur Mer and was there when he wrote a final codicil to his will on January 14, 1840. In his will Pearson wrote that he wished to be buried where he died in the plainest manner possible. Evidence from the proving of his will on July 28, 1840 would suggest that he died in Boulogne sur Mer in mid July 1840 and is probably buried there.
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