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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  Beresford    
First Name(s)  George Read Edward    
Year of Birth  1815    
Year of Death  1857    
Entry  Born Aug. 3, 1815 : son of Thomas Beresford : went to India, 1834-5 : appointed first manager of the Cawnpur Bank, about 1843 : transferred, 1849, to be the head manager of the Delhi Bank : massacred with his wife and five daughters, on May 11, 1857, at the Bank-house at Delhi, by the mutineers from Meerut : Beresford had declined the offer of escaping with his family, refusing to abandon his charge of the Bank : he and his family defended themselves on the roof of an outhouse, but were overpowered : a tablet was placed to their memory in the Church at Delhi : he was a learned Oriental scholar, keen archaeologist and photographer : author of The Handbook of Delhi.     
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