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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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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	Chamberlain
	First Name(s)	Sir Crawford Trotter
	Year of Birth	1821
	Year of Death	1902
	Entry	Third son of Sir Henry O. Chamberlain, Bart., younger brother of Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain {q.v.) born May, 1821 : entered the Army in 1837, was in the Afghan war of 1839-42, at the siege and capture of Ghazni, and in various actions near Kandahar : in the Panjab campaign in 1848-9 : at Chilianwala and Gujarat, in the pursuit of the Sikh Army and its final surrender : wounded : Brevet- Major : commanded the 1st Irregular Cavalry, Skinner's Horse, over whom he had extraordinary influence : in the mutiny in 1857 distinguished himself by disarming, with "" undaunted courage and coolness,"" the 62nd and 69th Bengal N.I., at Multan : engaged against the rebels, and was besieged in a sarai for some days : Lt-Colonel after the mutiny : C.S.I, in 1866 : General in 1880 : G.C.I.E. in 1897 : died Dec. 13, 1902.

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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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