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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R

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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	Nicholson
	First Name(s)	Lothian
	Titles, Honours, etc.	Sir
	Birth Year	1827
	Death Year	1893
	Entry	Son of George Thomas Nicholson : born Jan. 19, 1827 : educated at Brighton and Woolwich : joined the R.E. in 1846 : served in N. America : and through the Crimea : Brevet-Major, 1855 : in the mutiny, joined Sir Colin Campbell's Staff : present at the Alambagh and at the capture of Lucknow, March, 1858 : in the operations in Oudh and in the Tarai : C.B., 1859 : Maj -General, 1877 : Lieutenant- Governor of Jersey, 1878-83 : Lt- General, 1881 : Inspr-General of Fortifications, 1886 : K.C.B., 1887 : Governor of Gibraltar, 1891 : died there, June 27, 1893 : wrote papers on military engineering subjects.

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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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