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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  Prendergast    
First Name(s)  Harry Northdalrymple    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1834    
Entry  Born Oct. 15, 1834 : son of Thomas Prendergast, M.C.S. : educated at Cheltenham and Addiscombe : entered the Indian Engineers in Madras, 1854 : became General, 1887 : served in the Persian war, 1857 : in the Indian mutiny, 1857-8 : in the Central India Field Force : severely wounded : gained the V.C. on Nov. 21, 1857, at Mandiswar, saving the life of Lt. Dew, 14th Light Dragoons, at the risk of his own, by attempting to cut down a rebel : also for gallantry in actions, when A.D.C. to Sir Hugh Rose, at Ratghar and Betwa : severely wounded : Brevet- Major : in Abyssinian war, 1867-8 : Brevet - Colonel : commanded Sappers in Indian expedition to Malta, 1878 : acted as Military Secretary to Government of Madras : commanded Western District, 1880 : Ceded Districts, 1881 : as Q.M.G., commanded the British Burma Division, 1883 : Hyderabad Subsidiary Force, 1884 : Burma expedition, 1885-6 : Officiating Resident in Travancore and Cochin, 1887 : Officiating Resident in Mysore, 1887 : Governor- General's Agent in Baroda, 1889 : Officiating Governor-General's Agent in Beluchistan, 1889 : Officiating Resident in Mysore,. 1891-2 : K.C.B., 1885 : G.C.B., 1902.     
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