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Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R

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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	Paterson
	First Name(s)	William Senoult
	Birth Year	1819
	Death Year	1892
	Entry	I.C.S. : son of William Paterson of the 30th regt. N.I : born March, 1819, at Sagar : educated at Harrow, and Haileybury, 1838-9 : served in India, 1840- 72 : in the N.W.P. : Magistrate of Gorakhpur in 1857 : stopped by the mutiny from going on sick leave : the troops there, Native Infantry and Irregular Cavalry, mutinied : order was maintained in the district until the mutineers from Segowlie approached Gorakhpur, when the civil officers retired with a Gurkha force to Azimghar, in Aug. 1857 : Paterson saved the lives of a number of Europeans : Judge at Agra, 1862, and of the High Court, 1867 : retired 1872 : died June 8, 1892

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