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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	Prendergast
	First Name(s)	Jeffery
	Titles, Honours, etc.	Sir
	Birth Year	1769
	Death Year	1856
	Entry	Son of Thomas Prendergast : born 1769 : given an appointment in S. Domingo at the age of 15, he was captured en route taken to France, but escaped to England : became a cadet in the E. I. Co.'s Military Service : went to Madras : served in the Madras Fusiliers in Mysore and at Seringapatam, 1779 : was on the guard placed over Tippoo's body : A.D.C. to General (Lord) Harris at Madras : stationed at Fort St. George, rose to be Military Auditor- General : absent from Europe for 40 years : knighted : died at Brighton, July, 1856

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