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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  Biddulph    
First Name(s)  Sir Michael Anthony Shrapnel    
Year of Birth  1823    
Year of Death  1904    
Entry  Son of the Rev. Thomas Shrapnel Biddulph, of Amroth Castle, Pembrokeshire : born in 1823 : educated at Woolwich : entered the Royal Artillery in 1843 : Captain, 1850 : Brevet-Major, 1854 : Maj-General, 1877 : General, 1886 : he served throughout the Crimean campaign : in India he was Deputy Adjutant General of Artillery, 1868-73, and commanded the Rohilkund District in 1876 : in the Afghan war of 1878-80, he commanded the Quetta Field Force, and a Division of the Kandahar Field Force : was present at the occupation of Kandahar, and the engagement at Khushk-i-Nakhand, and, later, commanded the Thal-Chotiali Field Force : C.B., 1873 : K.C.B. in 1879 : President of the Ordnance Committee, 1886-9 : retired in 1900 : G.C.B. : from 1879 till his death he held appointments about the Court, and was Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod from 1896 : died July 23, 1904     
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