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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  Medows    
First Name(s)  William    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1738    
Death Year  1813    
Entry  Governor : son of Philip Medows : born Dec. 31, 1838 : joined the 50th regt., 1756 : served in Germany, America, at Brandywine, 1776 ; at St. Lucia ; at the Cape of Good Hope, 1781 : to India, 1782, co-operated with Sir E. Hughes in dispersing the French fleet under Suffrein : Governor and C. in C, Bombay, from Sep. 1788, to Jan. 1790 : held similar appointments at Madras from Feb. 1790, to Aug. 1792 : took the field, 1790, against Tippoo : took some places, but the campaign was generally unsuccessful : Cornwallis took command in person 'in 1791-2 : Medows captured Nandidrug, Oct. 19, 1791 : led a column in the attack on Seringapatam, Feb. 1792 : to England in 1792 : K.C.B. : General, 1798 : Governor of the Isle of Wight : C. in C. in Ireland 1801 : died Nov. 14, 1813.     
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