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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 | Furse | | First Name(s) | George Armand | | Year of Birth | 1834 | | Entry | Colonel : born Aug. 21, 1834 1 son of William Henry Furse : educated privately and abroad : joined 42nd Highlanders, 1855 : served in the Crimea and the Indian mutiny : present at siege of Lucknow : on special service : to Ashanti, 1873-4 : A.D.C. to C. in C. Bombay, 1874-8 : A.A.G., Soudan expedition, 1884-5 : C.B., 1887 : author of several works on military transport and administration. |
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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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