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Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F
Date transcribed | 2011-03-01 | 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 | D'Aguilar | | First Name(s) | George Charles | | Titles | Sir | | Year of Birth | 1784 | | Year of Death | 1855 | | Entry | Son of Capt. Joseph D'Aguilar: born Jan. 1784 : joined the 86th regt. in India, 1799 : served in the Mahratta war of 1803-5 : at Bhartpur in 1806 under Lord Lake : to England in 1809 : in the Walcheren expedition : in Sicily : on a special mission to Constantinople : in Spain : in Flanders : C.B. in 1834 : commanded in China, and in 1847 Canton submitted to him : K.C.B. in 1851 : Lt- General : died May 21, 1855 : wrote military manuals and treatises. |
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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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