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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Arthur    
First Name(s)  Sir George    
Titles  Baronet    
Year of Birth  1784    
Year of Death  1854    
Entry  Son of John Arthur of Plymouth : entered the Army in 1804 : served in Italy, 1806, Egypt, 1807, Sicily, 1808, Walcheren, 1809 : D.A.A.G. : Military Secretary to the Governor of Jersey : Major in a regiment in Jamaica, 1812 : Lieutenant-Governor of British Honduras and Colonel, 1814-22 : Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land, 1824-37 : received the Hanoverian Order : Lieutenant- Governor of Upper Canada, 1837-41 : made Baronet in 1841 : Governor of Bombay from June 9, 1842 to Aug. 5, 1846, during the difficult time of the latter portion of the first Afghan War, and of Lord Ellenborough's tenure of office as Governor-General : appointed provisional Governor-General : after retirement he was made a Privy Councillor and D.C.L., Oxford : Lt-General, and Colonel of the 50th regt. : died Sep. 19, 1854.     
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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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