Person Conolly; Arthur (1807 - 1842) Conolly Arthur 1807 - 1842 Male ? 17 June 1842 In prison in the East ? 17 June 1842

Education: Rugby; Addiscombe College (1822) Career: Went to India as a Cornet in the Bengal Native Light Cavalry; made Lieutenant (1825); seized and plundered by nomads (1829); sent to Kabul (1840), Meru, Khiva and Bukhara (Uzbekistan) - imprisoned in Bukhara (1841) and killed (1842) - meanwhile expelled from the Society probably as could not pay dues; many years later his prayer book recording his imprisonment was delivered by a mysterious stranger to his sister's house in London. Freemason, initiated 27 March 1829, a lieutenant, Bengal Cavalry, Lodge of Antiquity No 2, London Fellow 21/02/1839 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 'Freemasons and the Royal Society; Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' London, 2010, page 23 Notes: DNB, citing Kaye as the source, reports that Conolly was probably executed in India on 17 Jun 1842. He was ejected from the Society in the same year, according to PL. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 'A Journey to Northern india' (2 volumes) 1834; 'The Overland Journey to India' 1831 2 Jul 1807 - ? 17 Jun 1842 NA2875 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes b6c6560f-9d4c-4a58-9e59-9fd069e224ae