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Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R
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 | Prout | | First Name(s) | Walter Robert | | Birth Year | 1821 or 2 | | Death Year | 1857 | | Entry | Major : son of William Prout, M.D., F.R.S. : educated at Westminster and at the University and Military Academy, Edinburgh : obtained a cadetship in the 56th N.I. : Interpreter and Adjutant : distinguished himself at Maharajpur, 1843 : his principal services were in the Derajat with the Panjab Irregular Force, now the Panjab Frontier Force, of which he was selected to be the first Brigade Major by the Brigadier Commanding: Major, 1856 : a very promising officer : died of sunstroke while on outpost duty at Cawnpur, 1857. |
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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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