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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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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	Earle
	First Name(s)	William
	Year of Birth	1833
	Year of Death	1885
	Entry	Son of Sir Hardman Earle, Bart., born May 18, 1833 : educated at Winchester : entered the 49th regt., in 1851 : served with it through the Crimea, exchanged into the Grenadier Guards in 1857 : served at Gibraltar ; in Nova Scotia, as Military Secretary to the General in N. America : Colonel : was Military Secretary to Lord Northbrook when Viceroy and Governor-General, 1872-76 : C.S.I. , 1876 : in Egypt in 1882 : in command at Alexandria : C.B. : and in 1884-85, as Maj- General, commanded the Nile column destined for Khartoum. In an attack on Arabs, entrenched at Kirbekan, he was shot in the forehead and killed, on Feb. 10, 1885.

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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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