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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  Ewart    
First Name(s)  John Alexander    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1821    
Year of Death  1904    
Entry  Born June 11, 1821 : son of Lt-General John Frederick Ewart, C.B. : educated at Sandhurst : joined the 35th regt., 1838 : exchanged to 93rd Highlanders, 1848 : served in Crimea and Indian mutiny : at Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and siege of Sebastopol : at relief of Lucknow : commanded the leading party of stormers at the assault of the Sikandarbagh : severely wounded : lost his left arm by a cannon-ball at Cawnpur in Dec. 1857 : C.B. : Lt-Colonel of 93rd Highlanders, 1858 : commanded 78th Highlanders, 1859-64 : A.D.C. to Queen Victoria : Maj -General, 1872 : Lt-General, 1877 : commanded the Allahabad Division in India, 1877-80 : General, 1884 : K.C.B., 1887 : recommended for the V.C. : died June 18, 1904 : author of A few Remarks about the British Army, and The Story of a Soldier's Life.     
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