• Born: 18 March 1786, Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland
• Christened: 18 April 1786, Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland ²
• Died: 19 May 1826, Falmouth, Cornwall, England at age 40
• Buried: 26 May 1826, Falmouth, Cornwall, England

  General Notes

Monumental Inscription:  Captain John Paterson E.I.C.S., last survivor of the family of John Paterson of Carron, and his brothers and sisters, erected 1827

He died in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, but there was a monument that was erected in his name in the Larbert Old Parish Churchyard (Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland).  This monument was briefly described in the book "Stirlingshire: an inventory of the ancient monuments, Volume 1" by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland, but when the churchyard was surveyed in 1969 the monument was not seen.

This is a snippet view of what the book said about the monument:

...height of the monument is about 25 ft., and it has been
painted. An inscription on the S. face commemorates
Captain John Paterson, of the East India Company's service,
the last survivor of the family of John Paterson
of Carron, and his brothers and sisters. In the frieze
above the inscription are the words ERECTED /
MDCCCXXVII, and above the cornice the words
[all caps in Greek letters, 3 words] ("He slept the brazen
sleep", i.e. the sleep of death). This quotation,(1) though
it relates to the death of a hero in hand-to-hand com-

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  Burial Notes

Buried at Falmouth, Cornwall, England, but a memorial was erected in Larbert Old Parish Churchyard, Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland

  Recorded Events in His Life

• His death notice was published on page 4, column 2 of The Morning Advertiser on Friday, 2 June 1826 in London, England.
  
  DIED, At Falmouth, on the 19th ult., Captain John Paterson, late of the East India Country service.