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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  Burgoyne    
First Name(s)  Sir John    
Titles  Baronet    
Year of Birth  1739    
Year of Death  1785    
Entry  General : born 1739 : entered the Army young: served in the 7th and other regts. : Lt-Colonel of 58th regt., 1764 : and of 14th Light Dragoons : raised, in 1781, the first regt. of European cavalry sent to India, called the 23rd Light Dragoons, afterwards the 19th Dragoons and the 19th Hussars, which he took to Madras : Maj-General, 1783 : he and Sir Robert Fletcher were the champions of what they considered the rights and privileges of the King's service as against the authority of the E.I. Co.'s Governor and Council : both were recalled, but Burgoyne died at Madras, Sep. 23, 1785 :. buried in the Fort Church there.     
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