Pensions | Amount per Annum |
Mrs. Sarah Thompson, widow of Lieut. Joseph Moorhouse Thompson, of the Madras Establishment, whose death is believed to have been accelerated by the deleterious nature of the ingredients of the fulminating composition, to th influence of which he had been so constantly exposed in the discharge of the duty assigned to him in the Percussion Cap Manufactory; granted during widowhood £.37.3s.9d. per annum (in addition to Lord Clive's Fund Pension of £.22.16s.3d.), and an allowance of £.15 per annum to each of her three children | 82 3 9 |
Notes
The Course of Instruction in Laboratory Work, and Directions for Making Percussion Caps ... Artillery Depot of Instruction, Saint Thomas' Mount, January 1847
Source: House of Commons Papers vol 41