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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland) |
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Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C
Date transcribed | 2011-01-01 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | Austen | | First Name(s) | Sir Francis William | | Year of Birth | 1774 | | Year of Death | 1865 | | Entry | Brother of Jane Austen, the novelist: born April 23, 1774 '� educated at the Royal Naval Academy : entered the Navy in 1788 : was on the East India station, in the Perseverance, from 1788 to 1801, and again from 1807 to 1809 in the St. Albans, 64 guns : his services were rewarded by the E. I. Co : served also in the North Sea, Baltic and West Indies ; Admiral of the Fleet, 1863 : K.C.B., 1837 : G.C.B., 1860 : died Aug. 10, 1865. |
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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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