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 Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R

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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  Paget    
First Name(s)  Edward    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Hon. Sir    
Birth Year  1775    
Death Year  1849    
Entry  Fourth son of the Earl of Uxbridge, and brother of the first Marquis of Anglesey : born Nov. 3, 1775 : entered the 1st Lifeguards in 1792 : served in Flanders, the W. Indies, at Cape St. Vincent, in Egypt, Sicily, the Peninsula : commanded the reserve at Corunna, Jan. 16, 1809 : in the advance to Oporto lost an arm : Lt-General, 1811, second in command to Sir A. Wellesley : made prisoner : G.C.B., 1812 : Governor of Ceylon, 1821-3 : C. in C. in India, Jan. 1823 to Oct. 1825 : the Burmese war of 1824-5 took place during his command : the mutiny of three sepoy regiments at Barrackpur occurred in 1824 : his stern measures for its repression were censured in some quarters and nearly led to his recall : retired in 1825 : General, 1825 : died May 13, 1849.     
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