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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 | Fraser | | First Name(s) | James Stuart | | Year of Birth | 1783 | | Year of Death | 1869 | | Entry | Son of Colonel Charles Fraser : born July 1, 1783 : educated at Ham and Glasgow University : joined the Madras N.I., 1800 : escorted the Mysore Princes to Bengal, 1807 : A.D.C. to Sir G. Barlow, when Governor of Madras : Private Secretary, 1810 : Deputy Commissary in the Madras expedition to Mauritius, 1810 : Military Secretary to the Governor of Madras, 1813 : Commandant at Pondicherry, 1816 : Commissioner for the restitution of French and Dutch possessions, 1816-7, having great knowledge of the French language : Secretary to Government in the Military Department, 1834 : in several actions in Coorg : Resident in Mysore, and Chief Commissioner of Coorg : Resident at Travancore and Cochin, 1836 : Resident at Hyderabad from Sep. 1838, to Dec. 1852 : resigned his appointment because of strained relations with Lord Dalhousie : Lt- General, 1851 : General, 1862 : died Aug. 22, 1869. |
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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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