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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  Michel    
First Name(s)  John    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1804    
Death Year  1886    
Entry  Field Marshal : son of General John Michel : born Sep. 1, 1804 : educated at Eton: joined the 57th foot in 1823: at the R.M.C., Sandhurst, 1832-3 : A.D.C. to his uncle, Sir H. Fane (q.v.), when C. in C. in India, 1835-9 : commanded Brigades in the Kafir wars of 1846-7 and 1852-3 : C.B. : Chief of the Staff of the Turkish contingent in the Crimean war: to Bombay in 1858 : commanded the Malwa Field Force : in several engagements defeated Tantia Topi, who was eventually captured and hanged : K.C.B. : commanded a Division in China, 1860 : at the occupation of Pekin : burned the Summer Palace : G.C.B., 1871 : Lt-General, 1866 : General, 1874 : commanded the forces in Ireland, 1875-80 : Field Marshal, 1885 : died May 23, 1886.     
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