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Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R
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 | Macleod | | First Name(s) | Alexander | | Titles, Honours, etc. | Sir | | Birth Year | 1767 | | Death Year | 1831 | | Entry | Entered the Artillery, 1784, and served in India for 47 years without interruption : was at Cornwallis' siege of Seringapatam : under Lord Lake in the Mahratta war : at the siege of Kamona, Gunnouri, and Bhawani : commanded Ochterlony's Artillery in the Nipal war, 1814 : at the siege of Hatras, 1817 : commanded the Artillery of a Division in the Mahratta-Pindari war, 1818 : commanded the Artillery in the field, 1819-20, and the Regiment of Artillery, 1823 : in command at capture of Bhartpur, 1825-6 : Brig-General, K.C.B.: died at Dum Dum, Aug. 20, 1831. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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