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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  England    
First Name(s)  Richard    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1793    
Year of Death  1883    
Entry  Son of Lt-General Richard England : born in 1793 : educated at Winchester and the Royal Military College, Marlow : entered the Army in 1808 : served in the Walcheren expedition, Sicily, Canada, at the Cape as Brig. -General, in the Kafir war, 1836-7 : went to Belgaum in 1839: commanded a Bombay Division in 1841 : after a repulse at Haikalzai on March 28, 1842, he joined General Nott at Kandahar, and in the defeat of Akbar Khan at the Kojak : in the retirement in 1842 from Kandahar, he commanded tho force through the Bolan into Sind : but his operations were generally wanting in success : K.C.B. in 1843 : commanded a Division in the Crimea in 1854-5, and was at Alma, Inkerman, the Redan, and distinguished himself : G.C.B., 1856 : General, 1863 : retired, 1877 : died Jan. 19, 1883.     
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