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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Dyce-Sombre    
First Name(s)  David Ochterlony    
Year of Birth  1808    
Year of Death  1851    
Entry  Born at Sardhana in 1808 : greatgrandson of Walter Reinhard, called Sombre (Samru) for his sombre appearance: his father, G. A. Dyce, commanded the Begam Sombre's, or Samru's, troops : D. O. Dyce inherited a great fortune from the Begam on her death in 1836 : he had become a Roman Catholic and been made Chevalier of the Order of Christ. He reached England in 1839, and made a figure in society : married the daughter of Lord St. Vincent : M.P. for Sunbury, 1841-2, but was unseated for bribery. He was treated as a lunatic and declared by a Commission to be of unsound mind : escaped from his keeper and went to France in 1843, where, in 1849, he wrote a contention against the allegations of his lunacy : tried to have the decision set aside, but died in London on July 1, 1851 : his will gave rise to much litigation.     
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