Directories
> Misc Directories
Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland) |
|
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 | Palmer | | First Name(s) | William | | Birth Year | ? | | Death Year | 1814 | | Entry | Lt-General : entered the Bengal Army from the King's service in 1766, joining the 3rd N.I. in 1767 : was Military Secretary to Warren Hastings for several years before 1782, when he became Resident at Lucknow : at Sindia's Court, 1794-8 : and at Poona, 1798-01 : afterwards he commanded at Monghyr : died at Berhampur, May 20, 1814. |
|
<< first
< previous
next >
last >>
|
|
A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
|