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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
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.

Surnames  Goddard    
First Name(s)  Thomas    
Year of Birth  1740?    
Year of Death  1783    
Entry  Grandson of Thomas Goddard, Canon of Windsor : at Madras with his regiment under Coote, 1759-61 : at the capture of Pondicherry, Jan. 16, 1761 : in the 84th regt. in the Bengal campaign, 1763 : joined the Bengal Army : raised Goddard's ""battalion"" of sepoys at Murshidabad in 1764 : served in quelling the mutiny at Patna, 1766 : at capture of Burrareah, near Chapra, 1770 : and against the Mahrattas in Rohilkund, 1772 : in command at Berhampur, 1774 ' and of the contingent at Lucknow, 1776 : commanded, in succession to Colonel Leslie, the Bengal contingent which marched across India to aid the Bombay Army against the Mahrattas, 1778-81 : took Mhow : Ahmadabad on Feb. 15, 1780 : defeated Sindia : captured Bassein, Dec. 11, 1780 : threatened Poona : Goddard was compelled to retreat : treaty with Sindia, Oct. 1781 : Brig-General : appointed C. in C. of the Bombay Army : retired for ill-health : died at sea, off the Land's End, July 7, 1783.     
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