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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  Elliott    
First Name(s)  William Henry    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1792    
Year of Death  1874    
Entry  Son of Capt. John Elliott, R.N. : born in 1792, entered the 51st regt. in 1809, remained in it until 1852 : served in the Peninsula, was at Waterloo, at Cambrai, in the Ionian Islands, Australia, Van Diemen's Land, New Zealand, Bangalore : in 1852, he commanded the Madras Brigade in the Burmese war, under General Godwin : was at the capture of Rangoon and the storming of the Shwe-Dagon pagoda in April, 1852 : in the capture of Donabew : C.B. and Commandant at Rangoon, where he detected and defeated a plot to kill all the English in that city : Maj-General in 1857 : K.C.B. in 1862 : G.C.B. in 1870 : General in 1871 : died on Feb. 27, 1874.     
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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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