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| Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Steve Van Dulken | | Comment | Death announcements from the "Gentleman's Magazine", a journal which is available on Google Books. Any deaths in India, or of deaths elsewhere where there was a mentioned link with India, are included. In a few lengthy obituaries the contents have been summarised by using square brackets. |
| | Surname | Mackensie | | | First names | John | | | Rank/ occupation | Lieut.-General |  | Unit | British Army | | | Death date | 8 Jan 1833 | | | Place of death | Scotland  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Edition | May 1833 | | | Page number | 478 | | | Detail | Scotland. Lt.-General John Mackensie. He was appointed Lieut. in 73d foot 1778, and Captain in an independent company 1782. In 1794 he was promited to a Majority in the 78th foot and he served in the campaign of that year in the Netherlands. In 1795 he was appointed Lt.-Col. of the same regiment, which he accompanied to the Cape of Good Hope and to India, and returned in 1802. He attained the rank of Colonel in 1802, Brigadier-General 1804, Major-General 1809, and Lieut.-General 1814; and served successively on the staff in Scotland, in Malta, and on the eastern coast of Spain. |
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