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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  Baker    
First Name(s)  Sir William Erskine    
Year of Birth  1808    
Year of Death  1881    
Entry  Son of Capt. Joseph Baker, R.N. : born Nov. 29, 1808 : educated at Ludlow and Addiscombe : joined the Bengal Engineers 1826 : to India, 1828 : employed in canal work : led an attacking column in the battle of Sobraon, in the Sikh war of 1845- 6 : rendered excellent service in the P.W.D., as Superintending Engineer of the Delhi canals, and of the Sind canals and forests, Director of the Ganges canal, and Consulting Engineer for Railways : Secretary to the Government of India in the P.W.D., 1854-5 1 Colonel, 1857 : in 1858 was made Military Secretary at the India Office : Member of the Council of India, 1861-1875 : K.C.B., 1870 : General, 1877 : died at Barnwell, Somersetshire, Dec. 16, 1881.     
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