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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 | Ochterlony | | | First Name(s) | David | | | Titles, Honours, etc. | Sir, Baronet | | | Birth Year | 1758 | | | Death Year | 1825 | | | Entry | Born Feb. 12, 1758 : son of David Ochterlony : joined the E. I. Co.'s Bengal Army, 1777 : served in Col. T. D. Pearse's force under Coote, 1781-3 : taken prisoner at the siege of Cuddalore, 1783, and released, 1784: commanded a regt. under Lake in 1803 in the Doab : D.A.G. at Koel, Alighar, Delhi : appointed Resident at Delhi, 1803 : defended it against Holkar, 1804 : commanded at Allahabad, 1806 : and on the Satlaj against Ranjit Singh, 1808 : Maj-General, 1814 : commanded one of the four columns in the Nipal war, 1814-5 : the only one successful : took Fort Nalagur, 1814 : defeated Amar Singh, took Malown, 1815 : K.C.B. and Baronet : defeated the Gurkhas within 20 miles of Katmandu, and obtained the signature of a treaty, 1816 : G.C.B. : in the Pindari-Mahratta war of 1817-8 : commanded a column and made a treaty and settlement with Amir Khan, 1818 : appointed Resident in Rajputana, 1818 : Resident at Delhi : Resident in Malwa and Rajputana, 1822 : when Durjan Lai revolted in 1825 against Balwant Singh, the Raja of Bhartpur, aged 6, Ochterlony supported the Raja by proclamation and force : on Amherst's disapproving his action and deciding to investigate the question, Ochterlony resigned and died, heartbroken at his treatment, July 15, 1825. The Ochterlony column at Calcutta perpetuates his name and memory. |
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