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Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R
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 | Oakes | | First Name(s) | Henry | | Titles, Honours, etc. | Sir Baronet | | Birth Year | 1756 | | Death Year | 1827 | | Entry | Son of Lt-Col. Hildebrand Oakes : born July 11, 1756 : entered the Bombay Army, 1775 : served in Gujarat, at Poona, in Mysore, 1775-81 : made prisoner by Tippoo at Bednore, 1783-4 : served at Seringapatam, 1790, and in Malabar : Adjutant-General of the Army, 1796 : Military Auditor-General, 1807 : Maj- General, 1810 : Lt-General, 1814 : succeeded his brother as Baronet, 1822 : committed suicide, Nov. 1, 1827. |
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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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