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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 | Meade | | First Name(s) | Richard John | | Titles, Honours, etc. | Sir | | Birth Year | 1821 | | Death Year | 1894 | | Entry | Son of Captain John Meade, R.N. : educated at the Royal Naval School : entered the Bengal Army, 1838 : Lt- General, 1883 : General, 1889 : in the mutiny of 1857-9, while in charge of a column, captured Tantia Topi (q.v.) : Political Agent at Gwalior : A.G.G., Central India, 1861 : C.C., Mysore, 1870 : A.G.G. and Special Commissioner at Baroda, 1875 : Member of the Court for the trial of Malhar Rao, Gaekwar of Baroda, 1875 : Resident at Hyderabad, 1876-81 : died March 20, 1894. |
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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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