Pierce family of UK and India.  The earliest current record is for Thomas Pierce and Lydia Hagley, who had a son: 

Fortunatus Hagley Pierce baptised 03.06.1784, Bristol, Gloucester, England. Fortunatus was a Colonel Commandant of Artillery (C.B. Horse Artillery). Fortunatus died on the 31 December 1832. 

Married (First) Harriet Calland Hawkins on the 13.02.1816, in Bombay, India. Children: 

i Harriet Agnes Pierce, born 05 December 1816.  

ii (Son) Pierce, born June 1818.

Married (Second) Caroline Frances West (1802 - 1842), daughter of Charles & Sarah West of Devon, England on the 18.05.1821, Bombay, India. Children:  

i Fortunatus Frederick Pierce, born 17.04.1826, Bombay, India. Died aged 24, buried on the 06.01.1851, Colaba, Bombay, India. Second Master, H.V S.V Medusa. 

ii Thomas William West Pierce, born 17 March 1830, Westbury, Gloucestershire.  He entered the military services as a cadet for the Bombay Infantry, nominated by John Sheppard Esq., a director on the board of the East India Company, at the recommendation of Sir Charles Forbes Bart Esq. He died on the 19 April 1891, Horsell, Surrey, England, Major General, C.B. Bombay Staff. 

Married (First) Theresa Caroline Schoneman (1835 - 1860) on the 29 August 1854, Agra, India. Children:  

Charles Frederick George Pierce, (V) born 16.11.1861, Bombay, India.  

At this time, Thomas William was a captain of the (?) 10th regiment.  At the time of the birth of his son Frederick George in 1867, Thomas William West was Major Staff Corps, 10th Regiment (?) Infantry.

Married (Second) Ellen Susanna Bannister (Born 24 July 1839 - Died 16 September 1897) on the 23 April 1862, only daughter of James Bannister, Bedford, England. Children:

Ellen Pierce, born 23 January 1864, Poona, India. Ellen married on the 22 March 1898 to Henry Knight, doctor, son of William Knight (Ref: British India Office Pension Registers). 

Thomas William Pierce, born 16.01.1865, Bombay, India. Died, May 1938 (Ref: Cornish Post and Mining News, 1938). 

Frederick George Pierce, born 07.04 1867, Poona, Bombay, India, Lieutenant Corporal, 79th Carnatic Infantry (Indian Staff Corps) who was mentioned on two separate occasions in 1899 and and in 1907 being promoted to Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel as reported in the London Gazette. Recorded in the 1921 Census of England as a Retired Military Officer.  Frederick married Ethel Annie Tomlinson (B. 1874, India, Ref 1921 UK Census), daughter of William Henry Tomlinson, in Vizianagram, Madras, India on the 16. 11.1892. At the time of his marriage, Frederick George was a lieutenant with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. On the same day, Ethel's sister, Effie Winifred (B.1873), married John Jackson, Captain, Indian Staff Corps and son of George Maver Jackson. 

Frederick George died on the 20th of March 1939, Cheltenham, England (Ref: Gloucester Citizen, 1939). Children of Frederick George and Ethel Annie: 

• Ellen Effie West Pierce, born 1894, Vizianagram, India.  In the 1911 census of England & Wales, Ellen, aged 17 was a pupil at Westham, district of Walthamstow, England.  

Ellen married Henry Wyatt Wade Evans (son of Thomas Wade Evans), Captain, Brecknock Regiment, on the 07 December 1916, Mhow, Bengal, India. 

• Harry West Pierce (born 06.10.1899, Southampton - Died, 1966), Lieutenant, Pilot Officer, British Royal Air Force and later by 1928 had become a British Government Official in  Administration Services based in Nigeria, with sailing records for Harry from Ireland/Britain to Nigeria are from 1928, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 45, 47, 48, and 49. In the 1911 census, for England & Wales, Harry was aged ten and in a boarding school, in the district of Tiverton, Devon. 

Harry married (First) Eileen Mary Parkinson (1889 - 1940), daughter of William Henry Parkinson (Son of Robert Parkinson) and Elizabeth Heaphy (Dau. of Eyre Heaphy & Jane Brew) of Bayview House, Sutton, Dublin, (See Heaphy Family) (See Parkinson Family) on the 07.06.1920, Howth, Dublin. Lived between Nigeria and Dublin. There does not appear to have been any children.  

Dublin Society & Social Review: April 17, 1920 & The Irish Times, Saturday, April 10, 1920. Fashionable Intelligence. Announcement of the engagement of Harry West Pierce, son of Lieut-Col and Mrs. Pierce, Simla, India and grandson of the late Major-General Pierce, C.B, Indian Army and Eileen Mary Parkinson, youngest daughter of the late William Parkinson and Mrs. Parkinson of Bayview House, Howth, Dublin, granddaughter of the late Robert Parkinson Esq, of Moyne, Kilrush, Co. Clare.  

Irish Society Dublin: 24 July 1920. Fashionable Marriages. PIERCE – PARKINSON. The marriage of Mr. Harry West Pierce, son of Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. West Pierce, grandson of the late Major-General Pierce, C.B., Indian Army and Eileen Mary, youngest daughter of the late William Henry and Mrs. Parkinson, “Bayview”, Sutton, and granddaughter of the late Robert Parkinson Esq., “Moyne” Co. Clare, took place quietly at Howth Church on the morning of June 7th, having only a few friends and relatives present at the breakfast, which took place at the bride’s home.

Harry married (Second) Mary Edith (Redman?), born 1913 - Ref 1939 UK Register, before 1948. Their address in Wales, was at Pontypool. No known children. 

• Edith Ella West Pierce, born 1904, died 1908. 

The Homeward Mail from India, China and the East. 25 April 1908. Pierce - March 30, at Aurangabad, Edith Ella West, daughter of Major Pierce, aged 4. 

• Arthur Grant West Pierce, born 21 May 1912, Aurangabad, Bombay, India. Living in Dawlish, Devon, 1921 Census of England & Wales.

Charles Frederick George Pierce, born 1868, India. 

William Henry Pierce, born 1870, Bedford, England. 

iii Charles Agustus Pierce, is very likely born througout the 1820s. Charles Agustus Pierce was lieutenant in the 27th Regiment and captain in the Niar Brigade. He married Anne Jane Wise/Wyse, youngest daughter of John Wyse, Maidstone, Kent, on the 12 February 1850, Devon (Ref: North Devon Journal, 1850). Charles died about 1861 - ref British India Office Pension records.  Anne returned to England and as per 1871 census for England and Wales, lived in Torquay, Devon. Children of Charles and Anne: 

Mary Russell Pierce, born 24 November 1852, Kialse, Madras, India. Died 11 October 1945, Devon, England. 

Walter West Pierce, born 13 October 1854, Madras, India. Walter West Pierce married in 1880, Kensington, London to Constance Laura Harrietta Gibson. Walter West Pierce, died 1896, aged 42, at sea - British Armed Forces Records. The 1891 Census of England, Scotland and Wales, shows that Walter was a Master Mariner and that the couple lived in the town of Bagot, having two children:

• Edith M Pierce 

• Ernest Walter West Pierce, born 12 Dec 1885 (Devon). Died 1907, Fulham, London. 

Flora MacDonnell Pierce, born 13 October 1857, Kialse, Madras, India. Died 23 February 1914, Devon, England. 

Annette Chamier Pierce, born 01 January 1861, Kialse, Madras, India. Died 10 April 1950, Devon, England. 

iv Ellen Matilda Pierce, born the 08 January 1832, Bombay, India, the youngest daughter of Colonel Fortunatus Hagley Pierce, C.B., and Frances Caroline, she married John Smart, of Newington-green, on the 21 December 1854 (Ref: Dublin Evening Packet and Correspondent).