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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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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	Barker
	First Name(s)	Sir Robert
	Titles	Baronet
	Year of Birth	1729?
	Year of Death	1789
	Entry	Served in the Carnatic and Bengal from 1754 : as a Captain accompanied Clive to Calcutta in 1757, commanding the Artillery at Chandernagore and Plassy : returned to Madras, 1758 : served in 1792 in Colonel Draper's expedition from Madras to the Phillippine Islands : knighted in 1763 : raised the 24th N.I. 1876 : Brig- General, 1770, and provincial C. in C, Bengal, in 1773 : in July, 1772, a treaty was signed in his presence between the Nawab Wazir of Oudh and the Rohillas against the Mahrattas : after a quarrel with Warren Hastings he left India : became M.P. for Wallingford : Baronet, 1781 : died Sep. 14, 1789.

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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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