Caldicott One-Name Study

THE LATE DR RANDOLPH CALDECOTT.
It is less than a year ago that the leading English newspaper in India, “The Pioneer,” had an article in it, of which the following is a resume:- “The promotion of Brigade-Surgeon Lieut.-Colonel R. Caldecott to the rank of Surgeon-Colonel deprives Central India of one of its best known and most valuable officers. Dr. Caldecott served for upwards of a quarter of a century in Central India, for many years as medical officer in the Central India Horse, and at various times as Residency Surgeon at Indore, where he remained latterly for the past five years. Few medical officers gained such a reputation as Dr. Caldecott for skill in surgical operations, more particularly in the practice of lithotrity and the removal of cataract from the eyes. It is not Indore alone that suffers from his transfer to another sphere of actions, for throughout Central India, in every native State, Dr. Caldecott’s name is a household word, and there are thousands of the subjects of these States who acknowledge with gratitude the benefit derived from his skill. In his old regiment and amongst the English communities scattered in the cantonments of Central India, he will long be remembered as the best of good fellows, the most genial and hospitable of hosts, and the kindest and truest of friends.”
Shortly after Dr. Caldecott left Indore, he found that his arduous duties there, and a too long residence in a tropical climate, had undermined his health, so that he was obliged to take sick leave for eight months to England. When this period of leave was nearly completed, it was found that his health was not so far restored as to make it advisable for him to return to India for some months. The result was that he was compelled to take further sick leave, and, by the rules of the service, he had to vacate the appointment to which he had lately succeeded. This blow to his professional career seemed to trouble him greatly, and he grew rapidly worse, so much so, that he decided to undergo a course of treatment known as the “Rest cure” in a nursing home. Here he soon began to improve, but just as his friends were looking forward to his being restored to health they received, most unexpectedly, the sad news of his death.
He was buried in Highgate Cemetery on the 4th inst., the funeral being attended by several members of his family and a number of his friends, the latter mostly connected with Central India. The coffin was covered with wreaths, which were sent by his mother, Mrs. Caldecott; by his brother, Colonel Caldecott; by his sisters, Misses M. and E. Caldecott; by Colonel and Mrs. Barr, by Colonel and Mrs. Cunliffe Martin, by Colonel Bannerman, by Colonel and Mrs. Jaspr Burne, by Mrs. Gore, by Lady Westmacott, by Miss Grace Swann, by Mr. J.D. Tressler, and by the servant at Holbrook Grange. The following were present at the funeral – Colonel Caldecott, Mrs. Cochran, Mrs. Ridding, Miss M. Caldecott, Miss Ridding, Mrs. Gore, Major-General F. Caldecott, Mr. Wharton Marriott, Mr. John Marriott, Mr. Barr, Captain Norman Franks, Colonel and Mrs. Jasper Burne, Lieut.-Colonel Crofts, Colonel P. Bannerman, Major-General FitzRoy, Colonel Martin, Mr. Dalglish, Colonel Reid, Surgeon-General Rean, Dr. Bell, Mr. P. Cochran, Mr. Tressler, and others.