Richard Haughton
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| Born | 1782 | ||||||||
| Died | 1867 | ||||||||
| Residence | Ramsgate | ||||||||
| Occupation | academic | ||||||||
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1868.01.14 The death of Richard Haughton Esq. – of Ramsgate – was announced.
1868.02.04 The obituary of the late Mr Richard Haughton as furnished by Miss Haughton was passed for publication with Annual Address
Notes From Elsewhere
Professor of Oriental Languages, East India Company Military Seminary
Obituary in The Anthropological Review, vol. 6, 1868, pp. 83-84, reads: Obituary Notice of Mr. Richard Haughton, F.A.S.L. / Mr. Richard Haughton was the eldest son of Dr. Haughton, a branch of the ancient family of Haughton, of Haughton Tower, in Lancashire, and was born the 27th March, 1782, in the County of Wicklow. Much of his early life was spent with a relation, who possessed landed property in the county of Wicklow, and having no children, expressed a wish to make him his heir, and in consequence requested his parents not to give him a profession. Nevertheless, gifted as he was with considerable taste for literature and the fine arts, there were few branches of study which his active mind did not embrace. Even surgery and medicine were followed up to a certain point, but painting and the study of languages were his favourite pursuits. For the former he evinced so much talent that some of the first artists of the day tried to induce him to follow it as a profession, feeling sure of his success. / On the death of his relative, Mr. Haughton, finding the estate had not been left to him, devoted himself to the study of the Oriental languages, and, with considerable difficulty, obtained permission to reside at Paris, where he remained for a period of four years, to enable him to profit by the lectures and teachings of the Oriental scholars there. Among these he formed several lasting friendships, more especially with the late Baron de Sacy, with whom he maintained a correspondence for a very long time afterwards; also with M. La Grange, M. Chézy, and others. As early as the year 1826, Mr. Haughton had collected materials for the compilation of a Persian Grammar and Dictionary, but was compelled to abandon the project from a threatening of paralysis of the nerve of the left eye. He was appointed Professor of Oriental languages at Addiscombe, in 1820, where he was much beloved and respected. In the midst of his labours, in 1851, he was afflicted with loss of sight. The most celebrated oculists were consulted, and pronounced that the malady arose from over-work, and that the evil could only be mitigated by perfect rest. Mr. Haughton immediately sent in his resignation to the Court of Directors, but, from an over-sensitive regard to what he considered his duty, remained at his post until a suitable successor could be found. This delay was most unfortunate, as it precluded all hope of recovery. Broken health soon succeeded, and obliged him to pass the remaining sixteen years of his life in seclusion, surrounded by children and grandchildren, to whom his beautiful patience and resignatiion were a daily example; while his truly capacious mind was a rich storehouse of knowledge ever at their command. Mr. Haughton died at Ramsgate on the 5th April, 1867. / Mr. Haughton was Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, as well as that of France; of the Anthropological Society; the Société Royale des Antiquaires du Nord, and other learned bodies. He was brother of the well-known Orientalist, Sir Graves Haughton.
(Medical):Became blind ca 1851.
as Richard Haughton / Head / widower / age 79 / occupation Gentleman / birthplace Ireland / living at 137 High Street, Ramsgate, with daughters Patience Rohde, Jane, Ann G and Susan E Haughton, grandsons RIchard and John Haughton, granddaughter Susan Haughton, visitor [daughter's stepdaughter Sophy Rohde, 2 servants.
