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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  Monson    
First Name(s)  George    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Hon.    
Birth Year  1730    
Death Year  1776    
Entry  Son of John, first Lord Monson : born April 18, 1730 : educated at Westminster : entered the footguards in 1750 : M.P. for Lincoln, 1754-68 : went out to Bombay 1758 ; Madras, 1759 : second in command at the siege of Pondicherry, 1760 : superseded Eyre Coote, but was wounded and had to yield his position : at Manilla under Colonel Draper in 1762 : Brig- General, 1763 : A.D.C. to George III, 1769 : appointed, under the Regulating Act of 1774, Member of the Supreme Council in India : assumed office Oct. 20, 1774 : with Francis and Clavering opposed Warren Hastings, who regarded him as a dangerous opponent : resigned in Sep. 1776 : but died on 25th of that month at Hughli.     
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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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