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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  Auchmuty    
First Name(s)  Sir Samuel    
Year of Birth  1756    
Year of Death  1822    
Entry  General : born in New York, 1756, the grandson of a Scotch settler in Boston : saw service, first as a volunteer, from 1777 in the Army, in N. America : went to India in 1783 in the 52nd regt. : became Adjutant : promoted to Captain in the 75th, in 1788 : was in the campaigns of 1790- 1 against Tippoo, and at the first siege of Seringapatam under Lord Cornwallis in 1792 : D.Q.M.G. at Calcutta : Military Secretary to Sir Robert Abercromby (q.v.) when C. in C, 1795-7 : in his campaign against the Rohillas : returned to England in 1797 : commanded a force from the Cape to Egypt to cooperate with Sir D. Baird and Sir Ralph Abercromby against the French : Adjutant- General in Egypt : K.C.B. in 1803 : in 1806-7, Brig-General in S. America at Monte Video and Buenos Ayres : Maj- General in 1808 : went out to Madras as C. in C, May, 1810 : in 1811 took Java and Batavia, and defeated the Dutch at Cornells and Samarang : left Madras for England in March, 1813 : Lt-General : G.C.B., 1815 : C. in C, and Privy Councillor in Ireland, 1821 : died Aug. 11, 1822.     
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