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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  Martin    
First Name(s)  Claude    
Birth Year  1735    
Death Year  1800    
Entry  General : a French soldier of fortune : born Jan. 5, 1735 : son of a silk manufacturer at Lyons : enlisted in French Army : went out as a trooper in Lally's bodyguard to India, 1758 : to avoid Lally's severity, he deserted with the bodyguard at Pondicherry, 1761, to the British, for whom he raised a French company of cavalry : sent up to Bengal : Captain : employed in survey in N.E. Bengal, and in Oudh : joined, with permission, the service of the Nawab Wazir of Oudh as Superintendent of his artillery and arsenal : gained great influence and accumulated large wealth : still an officer in the E.I. Co.'s service, he rose to be Maj-General in 1796 : built at Lucknow a very large castellated residence for himself, which he called Constantia : he directed in his will that it should never be sold, but should serve as a college for educating children in the English religion and language : in this building, now called ""LaMartiniere,"" he was himself buried, as he directed : he left 33 lakhs of rupees, and bequeathed large sums, the interest thereof to be distributed to the poor of Lucknow, Calcutta, Chandernagore and Lyons : and largely endowed the Martiniere College at Calcutta, which was constructed, 1833-5, from his legacy for the purpose : he died at Lucknow, Sep. 13, 1800.     
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