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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	Cole
	First Name(s)	Sir Christopher
	Year of Birth	1770
	Year of Death	1836
	Entry	Captain, R.N. : son of Humphrey Cole : born June 10, 1770 : entered the Navy, 1780 : went to India, 1789, under Commodore William Cornwallis, and again in 1804 in the Culloden under Sir Edward Pellew : C. in C. in the E. Indies : took Sir John Malcolm on his mission to Persia, via Bushire, 1808 : relieved the garrison of Amboyna, 1810: captured Neira, the principal of the Banda islands : thanked by the Governor-General of India : served on the Malabar coast, 1811, and against Java : D.C.L. of Oxford : knighted, 1812 : K.C.B., 1815 : M.P. for Glamorganshire, 1817-30 : died Aug. 24, 1836

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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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