Quick Search
Advanced
Browse Records
Directories > Misc Directories
Share this page 
Go to record Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland) Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)
 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

click to hide Data table details
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  Fane    
First Name(s)  Henry    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1778    
Year of Death  1840    
Entry  General : born Nov. 26, 1778 : son of Hon. Henry Fane, and grandson of the eighth Earl of Westmoreland : entered the Dragoon Guards, 1792 : M.P. for Lyme Regis, then a family borough, 1796-1818 : Lt-Colonel, 1797: A.D.C. to George III. : saw much service, chiefly in cavalry commands, through the Peninsular campaign : K.C.B. : Lt-General, 1819 : G.C.B., 1825 : Master-General of the Ordnance and M.P. for Sandwich, 1829 : General, 1837 : C. in C. in India, 1835-9 : objected so strongly to the policy of the first Afghan war that he resigned his appointment, but his resignation was not accepted : his health failing, he resigned again in 1839, and died on the voyage home, off the Azores, on March 24, 1840.     
  << first    < previous   next >    last >>  

A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
click to expand  More details

© Families in British India Society. Unless stated otherwise, all rights including those in copyright in the content of this website are owned by or controlled for these purposes by the Families in British India Society.The content of this site may not be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded, posted, broadcast or transmitted in any way without first obtaining written permission from the Families in British India Society or that of the copyright owner.
If you found this useful then why not join FIBIS to get all the benefits from membership and help this work to continue. You can now join on-line in the FIBIS Shop...
Frontis V4.20.04.06 Rev: 217. Web site engine code is Copyright © 2005-2020 Frontis. All Rights Reserved.
Decrease text size text size  Increase text size 		Powered by Frontis, The Archive Publishing System