| Sir John Call, of Whiteford, Stoke Climsland Cornwall.
Born 30 June 1732 at Fenny Park, Tiverton Devon,
Call went to India at the age of 17 with Benjamin Robins, the chief engineer and captain-general of
artillery in the East India Company's settlements. After the death of Robins, Call
became engineer-in-chief, and eventually chief engineer, with a seat on the Governer's Council.
Clive strongly recommended Call for the Governership of Madras, but he had to return to England on
the death of his father on 31 December 1766. He became High-sheriff of Cornwall in 1771,
MP for Callington in 1784, and 1st Baronet Call in 1791. He died 1 March 1801.
Sir John was married to Philadelphia Batty, having children
- John Battie Call [3 November 1777 - 2 November 1794]
- Louisa Anne Call [1778 - 13 August 1862] married General Sir Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Lord Aylmer
- Fanny Call [- 12 May 1848] married Sir Charles Cuninghame-Fairlie, 9th Bart of Robertland
- Phillida Call married Benjamin Bathurst
- a daughter
- William Pratt Call [1781 - 3 December 1851] married Louisa Georgiana Forbes
- Philida Elizabeth Call [- 16 August 1889] married Reverend George Henry Somerset
- Anne Somerset [- 20 February 1929]
- Frances Elizabeth Somerset [- 29 March 1920]
- Mary Georgiana Somerset [- 1865]
- Louisa Bessy Somerset [- 1867]
- Elizabeth Anne Somerset [- February 1940] married George Airey Talbot Stapleton
- Blanche Emma Somerset [- 1867]
- Alice Catherine Somerset [- 29 September 1916]
- Rose Octavia Somerset [- 26 February 1887]
- Arthur William Henry Somerset [1843 - April 1869]
- Lieutenant George Edward Somerset [1844 - 19 January 1870]
- FitzRoy John Henry Somerset [1851 -]
- Louisa Mercer Call [1813 - 31 August 1892] married Rev. Hon. William Henry Spencer
- Augusta Call [1814 -] married Windham Hornby
- William Berkely Call [1815 - 22 December 1864]
- William George Montagu Call [1849 - 21 October 1903]
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ARMS: Gules three trumpets fessewise, in pale, argent.
CREST: A demi lion rampant holding in the paws a trumpet, as in the arms.
MOTTO: "Gratâ manu" With a grateful hand.
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