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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  Nott    
First Name(s)  William    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1782    
Death Year  1845    
Entry  Maj -General : son of Charles Nott : born Jan. 20, 1782 : educated at Neath and Cowbridge : in 1800 joined the Bengal European regt. at Berhampur : served in Sumatra : commanded the 20th N.I. at Barrackpur, 1825 : Colonel, 1829 : in 1838, Brig-General of the Brigade in the first Division of the Army of the Indus : commanded the Division to Quetta : in command at Kandahar, 1839 : defeated the Ghilzais : caused the enemy to evacuate Kelat : in military and political command in Lower Afghanistan and Sind in Jan. 1842 : repulsed all attacks on Kandahar : after Macnaghten's death, declined to retire to India without express orders : in July, 1842, ordered to withdraw from Afghanistan, but allowed choice of route : sent General England back to Quetta, and himself marched via Ghazni towards Kabul : successful engagements on Aug. 30 at Karabagh, near Ghazni, and en route to Kabul, which he reached Sep. 17, 1842, meeting Pollock there : returned to India via Jalalabad : appointed Resident at Lucknow with the King of Oudh : made G.C.B., 1843 : to England in 1844 : died Jan 1, 1845 : his statue erected at Carmarthen.     
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