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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 | Parke | | First Name(s) | William | | Titles, Honours, etc. | Sir | | Birth Year | 1822 | | Death Year | 1897 | | Entry | Son of Charles Parke : educated at Eton : entered the Army, 1840 : served in the Crimea : Lt-Colonel, 1855 : in the mutiny, as Brigadier, commanded a Brigade of the Rajputana Field Force, 1858-9 : commanded the assault at Kotah : in the Central India operations, in the pursuit of Tantia Topi : A.D.C. to the Queen : C.B. : General, 1882 : held commands in England : K.C.B., 1887 : died March 29, 1897 |
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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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