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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  Mcqueen    
First Name(s)  John Withers    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1836    
Entry  Born July 20, 1836 : son of Rev. John McQueen, Chaplain E. I. Co. : educated at Edinburgh Academy, and Trinity College, Glenalmond : entered Indian Army, 1854 : became Lt-General, 1895 : served in the Indian mutiny : in 4th Panjab Infantry at the siege of Delhi, relief of Lucknow, severely wounded (recommended for V.C.) : at the battles of Agra, Cawnpur, Bareli and other engagements : served against the Kabul Kheyl Waziris, 1859 : Mahsud Waziris, i860, and 1881 : Bizotis, 1869 : Jowaki-Afridis, 1877-8 : commanded the Queen's Own Corps of Guides, 1871-3 : commanded 5th Panjab Infantry in Afghan war, 1878-80, at Peiwar Kotal, Sherpur, etc. : Brevet-Lt-Colonel and C.B. : A.D.C. to Queen Victoria and Brevet-Colonel, 1881-93 : commanded the Hazara expedition, 1888 : K.C.B., 1889 : Military Secretary to Panjab Government, 1883-5 : commanded the Hyderabad Contingent, 1885-6 : and Panjab Frontier Force, 1886-90 : appointed Colonel 57th Wilde's Rifles (late 4th Panjab Infantry, Panjab Frontier Force), 1904 : Unemployed Supernumerary List, 1897.     
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