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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 | Markham | | First Name(s) | Frederick | | Birth Year | 1805 | | Death Year | 1855 | | Entry | Son of Admiral John Markham : born Aug. 16, 1805 : educated at Westminster : joined the 32nd regt. in 1824 : imprisoned for a year for being a second in a fatal duel, 1830 : commanded a Brigade at the siege of Multan, 1848-9, and the Division at Surajkund: at Gujarat : C.B. and A.D.C. to Queen Victoria : Adjutant-General in India, 1854 : Lt-General in the Crimea -. commanded a Division at the Redan, 1855 : died in London, Dec. 21, 1855 : wrote Shooting in the Himalayas : a Journal of Sporting Adventures in Ladak, Tibet, and Kashmir, 1854. |
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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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