Charles Weston
1731–1809 (age 78)
Biography
Charles Weston was born in 1731 and lived through the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the establishment of British dominance in India. His life spanned nearly eight decades of transformative historical change, during which he was part of the European community in Calcutta.
Charles Weston lived to the age of seventy-eight, passing away in 1809. His lengthy life and burial at South Park Street Cemetery attest to his long residence in colonial India and his place among the prominent figures of the British expatriate community during this formative period.