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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  Perron    
Birth Year  1755    
Death Year  1834    
Entry  General : his proper name was Pierre Cuillier : a Frenchman : went out to India as a petty officer, in 1780: deserted his ship, and entered the service of the Rana of Gohud about 1781 : afterwards of Bhartpur : and in 1790 was taken by De Boigne (q.v.) into Madhoji Sindia's Army : was at the battles of Patan and Merta, the siege of Kanaund, where he lost a hand: won the battle of Kurdla for Daulat Rao Sindia against the Nizam : on De Boigne's retirement, in 1796, Perron succeeded him as General, in command of Sindia's Army : subdued Rajputana : gained a victory at Sounda, 1801 : carried on fighting with George Thomas of Georgeghar and Hansi, who was defeated : said to have instigated Bonaparte's designs on India : offered his resignation to Sindia in 1803, but withdrew it : and was with his forces, under Sindia, during the second Mahratta war of 1803, and in possession of Shah Alam, the Mogul Emperor : dismissed all British officers from Sindia's service : after the capture of Alighar by Lake, on Sep. 4, 1803, from Sindia's troops, and defeat at Koil, Perron was superseded by Ambaji Inglia, and deposed from the command by Bourguien, and his life threatened : he fled to Lake : his troops were defeated at Delhi, Agra and Laswari : Perron went to Lucknow, losing most of his immense accumulated fortune : he then went to Calcutta and Chandernagore : reached Europe in 1805, and lived in retirement in France till his death in 1834.     
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