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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R

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Date transcribed	2011-08-00
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Mackenzie
	First Name(s)	Kenneth Douglas
	Birth Year	1811
	Death Year	1873
	Entry	Born Feb. 1, 1811 : son of Donald Mackenzie : entered the 92nd Gordon Highlanders in 1831 : served in the Mediterranean and West Indies : in the Irish rebellion of 1848, on the arrest of W. S. O'Brien, he stopped a railway train by threatening to shoot the engine-driver : his conduct was highly approved : he served on the staff in the Crimea, in the battles : gained Brevets : to India in 1858 : on the staff in Bengal : in June, 1859, sent to quell a mutiny of the 5th Bengal Europeans at Berhampur : D.Q.M.G., in China, 1860 : C.B., 1861 : Brevet- Colonel, 1869 : A.Q.M.G. : died of syncope, after being upset crossing a swollen river, Aug. 24, 1873.

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