in the general orders issued at Fort William on 22 January 1785, and three days later in the camp at Ghyretty. In the latter the governor-general desires that "the commanding officer, Colonel Pearse, whom he is proud to call his friend, will make [his thanks] known in public orders to the officers, his countrymen, and to the native officers and private sepoys of the detachment." For his services in the defence of the company's territories in the Carnatic, Pearse received a sword of honour. Pearse supported the survey plans of Reuben Burrow in Bengal. In May 1785 Pearse contributed a paper on Two Hindu Festivals and the Indian Sphinx to the proceedings of the Asiatic Society at Calcutta, which was subsequently published in Dissertations and Miscellaneous Pieces relating to the History and Antiquities … of Asia, by Sir W. Jones … and others. Dublin, 1793. Pearse died on the Ganges on 15 June 1789. Pearse married a muslim woman Punna Purree (d. 1820) and had a son Thomas Deane Mahomet Pearse. After her husband's death, Punna Purree sought the help of Warren Hastings in raising her son. Thomas Deane went to Oriel College, Oxford in 1795 but little is known of his later life. Pearse also had some illegitimate children. Notes References 1789 deaths Royal Artillery officers Bengal Artillery officers British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War 1730s births