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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland) |
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Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C
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 | Couper | | First Name(s) | Sir George Ebenezer Wilson | | Titles | Baronet | | Year of Birth | 1824 | | Entry | I.C.S. : son of Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., Comptroller of the Household of H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent : born 1824 : educated at Sandhurst and Haileybury : entered the Bengal Civil Service in- 1846 : joined the Panjab Commission in 1849 : served in the Indian mutiny, through the siege of Lucknow under Sir Henry Lawrence, and after his death under Brig-General Inglis and Sir J ames Outram : Chief Commissioner in Oudh, 1871-6 : Lieutenant-Governor of the N.W. Provinces, 1876 : retired 1882 : C.B. : K.C.S.I. : C.I.E. |
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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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