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Casamajor was one of the Travancore residents during the reign of Swathi Thirunal. We have the following information from the internet (www.brookmans.com/history kasamajor.shtml)The Casamajors were a family of Spanish origin, claiming descent from the royal house of Cadiz, and had settled in Bristol and founded the English branch of the family by the late 18th century. There were Casamajors also in London and they were working for the East India Company and the Casamajor merchants of Tacking, living at Potterells were James Archibald Casamajor and his daughters, Jane and Elizabeth, these being another branch of the Casamajor famly.James Archibald Casamajor, b. 1787, E.I.C.S., resident at Mysore and Travancore, had three daughters. His co-heirs, (1) Jane, m. 1844, William – Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen; (2) Mary, m. 1839, StephanRam. Esq., of Ramsfort; and (3) Elizabeth, m. 1841, Robert WM. Gaussen, Esq., of Brookmans Park, Herts.
