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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 | Norman | | | First Name(s) | Henry Wylie | | | Titles, Honours, etc. | Sir | | | Birth Year | 1826 | | | Death Year | 1904 | | | Entry | Field Marshal : born Dec. 2, 1826 : son of James Norman, of Calcutta : educated privately and at Addiscombe : joined the E.I. Co.'s 31st Bengal N.I. in 1844 : Adjutant : in the Panjab campaign of 1848-9 : present at the passage of the Chenab, Sadulapur, Chilianwala, Gujarat,, pursuit of the Sikhs : in 1850, Brig- Major at the fighting in the Kohat Pass : D.A.A.G. : constantly in frontier expeditions : in the campaign of the Sonthal rebelion, 1855 : in the mutiny of 1857 was A.A.G. under Sir H. Barnard : at Badli-ka-sarai : D.A.G. through the siege of Delhi, June 8-Sep. 20 : at the reliefs of Lucknow and Cawnpur, and the operations, Nov. 28-Dec. 6, against the Gwalior Contingent : at Khudaganj, at the capture of Lucknow, at Fatehghar, in Rohilkund, at Bareli, in the Oudh campaign : Brevets, Major and Lt- Colonel : C.B., 1859 : acted as Adjutant- General, April-Nov. 1859 : Assistant Military Secretary for Indian affairs at the Horse Guards : his proposals for the Indian Staff Corps accepted with modifications : in 1862, Secretary to the Government of India, Miltary Department : A.D.C. to QueenVictoria : Military Member of the Supreme Council in India, 1868, and 1870-7 : Lt-General, 1877 : Member of the Council of India, 1878-82 : General, 1882 : Captain-General and Governor in Chief of Jamaica, 1882-7 : Governor of Queensland, 1889-95 : refused the appointment of the Viceroyalty of India (between Lords Lansdowne and Elgin) : Agent for Queensland in London, 1896 : in April, 1901, Governor of Chelsea Hospital : Field Marshal, June 26, 1902 : was on the Royal Commission to investigate the conduct of the S. African campaign : K.C.B., 1873 : G.C.B., 1887 : G.C.M.G., 1887 : C.I.E., 1878 : died Oct. 26, 1904. |
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