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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Marriott    
First Name(s)  William Frederick    
Birth Year  ?    
Death Year  1879    
Entry  General : went out to India as a cadet in 1838 : went up at once to the campaign in Sind and Afghanistan : took a prominent part in the storm and capture of Ghazni, 1839 : afterwards served in the engineer corps of the Bombay Army, and in the Secretariat : joined the Bombay Staff Corps: from 1865, to the time of his leaving the service, about 1876, he was Secretary to the Bombay Government in the Military, Marine and Ecclesiastical Departments : during this period he was constantly consulted in confidential matters by Sir Bartle Frere and succeeding Governors : was Member of the Legislative Council, Bombay. After his retirement, General Marriott took service under the Egyptian Government, and was engaged in several engineering works of importance in Egypt : was C.S.I. : died Dec. 17, 1879.     
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