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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  Peel    
First Name(s)  William    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1824    
Death Year  1858    
Entry  Born Nov. 2, 1824 : third son of Sir Robert Peel, the Prime Minister : entered the Royal Navy in 1838 : saw service in the Mediterranean station, China, in the Pacific, N. America, W. Indies : Captain, 1849 : travelled, and wrote A Ride through the Nubian Desert, 1852 : with the Naval Brigade at Sebastopol : gained his V.C. and C.B : in the Indian mutiny, commanded the Shannon up to Calcutta, and formed and led the Naval Brigade up country, comprising ten 8 -inch guns : in a number of actions : K.C.B. 1858 : at the relief of Lucknow, March 1858, severely wounded : died of smallpox at Cawnpur, April 27, 1858 : conspicuous by his bravery and personal example : a statue was erected to him at Calcutta.     
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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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