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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 | Blackwood | | First Name(s) | Sir Henry | | Titles | Baronet | | Year of Birth | 1770 | | Year of Death | 1832 | | Entry | Son of Sir John Blackwood, Bart. : born Dec. 28, 1770 : entered the Navy, 1781 : was employed on various stations in several ships : continually engaged : was at Trafalgar, 1805, and at the blockade of Toulon, 1810 : Baronet, 1814 : K.C.B. 1819 : was C. in C. on the East Indian station, 1819-22 : Vice-Admiral, 1821, and commanded at the Nore, 1827-30 : died Dec. 17, 1832. |
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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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