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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  Gomm    
First Name(s)  William Maynard    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1784    
Year of Death  1875    
Entry  Field-Marshal : born Nov. 10, 1784 : son of Lt- Colonel William Gomm : Ensign and Lieutenant in the 9th regt. in 1794 : studied at Woolwich until 1799 : served in Holland, 1799 : at Ferrol, 1800 : Hanover, 1805 : in the Copenhagen expedition, 1807 : at Corunna : on the Walcheren expedition, 1809 : in the Peninsula, 1810 : in many of the engagements : Lt-Colonel : K.C.B. : in the Coldstream Guards : at Waterloo, Q.M.G. to Picton's Division : Maj-General, 1837 : commanded the troops in, and Lieutenant- Governor of, Jamaica, 1839-42 : Governor and C. in C. of the Mauritius, 1842-9 : Lt-General, 1846 : disappointed of the Commandership in Chief in India in 1849, after being told of his appointment, but, on the resignation of Sir Charles Napier (who had been separately appointed), became C. in C. in India from Dec. 6, 1850 to 1855 : General in 1854 : G.C.B. in 1859 : Field-Marshal, 1868 : Constable of the Tower of London, 1872 : D.C.L. and LL.D. : died March 15, 1875.     
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