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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 | Edwardes | | First Name(s) | Stanley De Burg | | Titles | Sir | | Year of Birth | 1840 | | Entry | Born March 29, 1840 : son of Capt. George Harris Edwardes, Bengal Army : educated at Mount Radford School, Exeter : entered the Bombay Army, 1857, and became Colonel, 1876 : Maj-General, 1885 : Lt-General, 1886, and General, 1896 : served during Indian mutiny in pursuit of Tantia Topi, 1858 : D.A.Q.M.G. Abyssinian expedition, 1868 : Chief Director of Transport, Afghan campaign, 1879-80 : commanded Quetta District, 1881-4 ; N. Division, Bombay Army, 1887-9 : K.C.B., 1898. |
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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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