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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  Caldwell    
First Name(s)  Sir James Lillyman    
Year of Birth  1770    
Year of Death  1863    
Entry  Son of Major Arthur Caldwell, and nephew of General Sir Alexander Caldwell (q.v.) : born Nov. 22, 1770 : joined the Madras Engineers of the E. I. Co. in 1789 : became General, 1854 : was in the Mysore campaign of 1791-2 under Lord Cornwallis against Tippoo and in all the fighting up to the siege of Seringapatam in Feb.-March, 1792 : led a party in the final assault on Seringapatam on May 4, 1799. After 10 years on civil public works, he was, in 1810-11, Chief Engineer on the expedition to Mauritius : defeated the French by sea and took the island. In Madras, from 1811, he had more engineering work, and was special Surveyor of fortresses : C.B. in 1815 : was Commissioner for the restoration of French settlements on the Coromandel and Malabar coasts, and Chief Engineer of Madras in 1816 : retired in 1837 and was made K.C.B. : and G.C.B., 1848 : died June 28, 1863. He painted in water-colours with great skill.     
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