Severus William Lynam Stretton [SEP] conflict
Severus William Lynam Stretton
Lieutenant-Colonel Severus William Lynam Stretton (7 November 1792 – 22 November 1884) was a British Army officer who served in the Napoleonic Wars.
Family.
He was the youngest child of William Stretton and was baptised at St. Mary's Church, Nottingham on 29 May 1793. His name of Severus followed his parents habit of naming their children with unusual names that begin with "S". He was their second child called Severus as an earlier child had died young ten years before.
1781 - 6 February 1842
- Severus, 7 November 1783 - 19 December 1785
- Salcia, born December 1784
- Sabina, born July 1787
- Severus William Lynam Stretton May 1793 - 22 November 1884
He died in his house at Lenton Priory on 12 March 1828. His death was announced in the Nottingham Journal
“On Wednesday, the 12th inst, in the 73 rd year of his age, after a long and painful affliction, sustained with true Christian fortitude and resignation, William Stretton,