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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  Boles    
First Name(s)  Thomas    
Entry  Lt. -Colonel : was a volunteer in the 36th regt., 1783 : acting Ensign, 1784-5 : a conductor of Stores : attached to Artillery, 1786-7 : Ensign in the Madras Army, 1788 : A.A.G., Madras Army for 5 years : D.A.G., 1807 : when Lt. -General H. Macdowall, C. in C, Madras, signed an order, Jan. 28, 1809, censuring his Q.M.G., Capt. Munro, Boles, as Depy. A.G., was ordered by Col. Capper, the Adjt-General, to circulate the order to the Army. For circulating, under his signature, this censure of Capt. Munro, Boles was suspended from the service of the E. I. Co., by the Government of Madras (Sir G. Barlow), Jan. 31, 1809: and .declined to apologize for his conduct. The Madras Government prevented his going home, sent him to Bengal in June, 1809, whence he went to England. The Court of Directors, to whom he appealed in 1810, recorded in Feb. 1811, their opinion that Boles would not have been justified in refusing to obey General Macdowall's order. Boles' suspension was continued to Oct. 1811, when he was restored to the service.     
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