Francis Burton Boileau 836
- Born: 1806, Winchelsea, Sussex
- Marriage: Sarah Durie on 17 June 1834 in Agra, Bengal, India 231
- Died: 6 April 1888, Castlenau, High Street, Bognor, Sussex aged 82
 General Notes:
Captain in Horse Artillery in India. At the time of his marriage he was a lieutenant. Major General retired (1871).
From The Times, 12 April 1888
The late Major-General Francis Burton Boileau, whose death occured a few days since at his residence, Castlenau, near Bognor, at the ripe age of 82, was one of the oldest members of the East India Company's forces, and long held a commission in the Bengal Artillery, from which he retired on half-pay as Colonel, with the honorary rank of Major-General. He was a son of the late Mr. S. P. Boileau, and a member of the noble French Huguenot family, the Boileaus, Barons of Castlenau, who came to this country as refugees on the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
Noted events in his life were:
1. Census UK 1871: 1871, South Bersted, Bognor Regis, Sussex.
2. Census UK 1881: 1881, Castlenau House, Sudley Road, South Bersted, Sussex.
3. Resided: 6 April 1888, Castlenau, High Street, Bognor, Sussex. 13
4. He had an estate probated on 31 May 1888 in Chichester, Sussex. 13
Francis married Sarah Durie, daughter of Major Durie and Unknown, on 17 June 1834 in Agra, Bengal, India.231 (Sarah Durie was born in 1813 in Bengal, India and died on 13 January 1894 in Bognor, Sussex 13.)
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