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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  Fullarton    
First Name(s)  William    
Year of Birth  1754    
Year of Death  1808    
Entry  Colonel : son of William Fullerton : born 1754 : educated at Edinburgh University : raised a Scotch regt. and gazetted Commandant of the 98th in 1780 : went to India : engaged near Madras, in the second Mysore war with Hyder Ali, 1780-2 : at the suppression of the Kollars of Madras, and capture of Dindigul : commanded the troops south of the Coleroon, 1783 : took Dharapuram, Palghat and Coimbatore : showed military ability : returned to England on the peace : wrote his View of English Interests in India, 1787 : F.R.S. of London and Edinburgh : raised the 23rd Dragoons : M.P., 1787-1803 : appointed first Commissioner for Trinidad : tried his colleague,. Col. Thomas Picton, for torturing a. Spanish girl : died Feb. 13, 1808.     
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