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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 | Craig | | First Name(s) | Sir James Henry | | Year of Birth | 1748 | | Year of Death | 1812 | | Entry | Son of Henry Craig : born 1748 : entered the 30th regt. at 15, completed his military education on the Continent : served in N. America, 1774-81, was at Bunker's Hill and other actions : Adjutant-General in the Netherlands, 1794 : Maj-General : commanded a force to capture the Cape of Good Hope : on the arrival of Sir Alured Clarke's force from India the Dutch surrendered : Craig commanded at the Cape, 1795-7 : K.C.B., 1797 : commanded the Division at Benares, 1797- 1802, in a difficult time, during the massacre there : Lt-General, 1801 : commanded in Italy and Sicily, 1805-6 : Governor- General of Canada, 1807-11 : General, 1812 : died Jan. 12, 1812. |
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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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