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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)  William    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Hon.    
Birth Year  1760    
Death Year  1807    
Entry  Son of John, second Baron Monson : born Dec. 15, 1760 : to India with the 52nd regt. in 1780 : in the attack on Seringapatam under Cornwallis in 1792 : Lt-Colonel, 1797 : in the Mahratta war, 1803, commanded a Brigade under Lake : led the storming party at Alighar, Sep. 4, 1803 : severely wounded : sent in 1804 as Brig-General, with a detachment, to remain during the rainy season about the Jaipur frontier and watch Jaswant Rao Holkar, whom he followed along the river Chambal : Holkar's force was so great that Monson desisted from attacking him, and retreated from July 8 to Aug. 30, 1804, before him, Holkar pursuing : Monson lost all his guns and baggage before he reached Agra : again employed by Lake against Holkar : at battle of Deeg, Nov. 14, 1804 : led the last of the four assaults on Bhartpur, 1805 : returned to England, 1806 : M.P. for Lincoln : died Dec. 1807.     
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