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 Death Announcements 1845-1854
| Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | Macleod | | | First names | Charles | | | Rank / occupation | Lieut.-General & Sir |  | Unit | Madras Army | | | Death date | 15 Apr 1853 | | | Place of death | London  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | July 1853 | | | Page number | 92 | | | Detail | In Seymour-street, Portman-square, Lieut.-General Sir Charles Macleod, K.C.B. of the Madras army. He was a cadet of the year 1794, and became Colonel of the 34th Native Infantry in 1827. He served with distinction in the Mysore campaign of 1799 under Lord Harris, and in the Mahratta campaign of 1803-04 under the Duke of Wellington, then Major-General Wellesley, with whom he was present at the battle of Argaum. In the Mahratta war of 1817-18 he particularly distinguished himself at the siege and battle of Nagpoor. He attained the rank of Lieut.-General in 18--. He was nominated a Companion of the Bath in 1823, and a Knight Commander in 1852. |
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