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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed	2011-04-00
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.

	Surnames	Gordon
	First Name(s)	Thomas Edward
	Titles	Sir
	Year of Birth	1832
	Entry	Born Jan. 12, 1832 : son of Captain William Gordon : educated at Edinburgh Military Academy : entered the 4th regt., 1849 : the Indian Staff Corps, 1861 : and became General, 1894 : served in India, N.W. Frontier campaign, 1851 : Indian mutiny, 1857-9 : to Kashgar, as second in command of the Mission, with Sir T. Douglas Forsyth, 1873 : C.S.L, 1874 : in the Afghan war, 1879-80 : D.A.G. Bengal, 1879-83 : Military Attache in Persia, 1889-93 : K.C.I.E., 1893 : K.C.B., 1900

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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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