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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  Campbell    
First Name(s)  Sir John    
Year of Birth  1802    
Year of Death  1878    
Entry  Son of John Campbell of Lochead : born in 1802 : entered the E. I. Co's service, 1820: served in Madras : in 1834 was in command in subduing the hill tribes in Orissa"": in the Gumsur war, 1836-7 : was deputed, 1837-42, to the civil duty of stopping the practices of human sacrifice and female infanticide among the Khonds of Orissa : went to China, 1842 : C.B. : was again sent to his former duty among the Khonds, 1847-9 : returned to Scotland, 1855 : Maj-General, 1872 : died April 22, 1878 : published a personal narrative of his 13 years (not uninterrupted) work among the Khonds, which led to controversy with the family of the officer who had, in his absence, favoured a different policy with that native race.     
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