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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 | Gough | | | First Name(s) | Hugh | | | Year of Birth | 1779 | | | Year of Death | 1869 | | | Entry | Field-Marshal : born Nov. 3, 1779 : fourth son of George Gough : entered the Militia, 1793, the Army in 1794 : Adjutant of the 119th at fifteen : with the 78th in 1895 at the capture of the Cape : served in the W. Indies until 1803 : in the Peninsula force, 1809, at Talavera, Barossa, Tarifa, Vittoria, Nivelle, twice severely wounded : knighted, 1815 : Maj -General, 1830 : K.C.B. , 1831 : commanded the Mysore Division of the Madras Army, 1857 : sent to command at Canton, 1841 : captured the forts, penetrated 170 miles up the Yang-tze-kiang, won several actions, concluded the treaty of Nankin, 1842 : G.C.B. and Baronet : returned to Madras as C. in C. and became C. in C. in India, 1843 : defeated Sindia's troops at Maharajpur, Dec. 28, 1843 : took the command in person in the first Sikh war, 1845-6, and won the battles of Mudki, Dec. 18, 1845 ; Firozshahr, Dec. 21, and Sobraon, Feb. 10, 1846, Lord Hardinge, the Governor General, serving under his command : made Baron Gough, of Ching-keangfoo in China, Maharajpur and the Satlaj in the East Indies : commanded again in the second Sikh war, 1848-9, and won the battles of Ramnagar, Nov. 22, 1846 ; Chilianwala, Jan. 13, 1849. The result of Chilianwala was regarded as being so indecisive that Sir Charles Napier was sent out to supersede Gough, but, before his arrival. Gough had won Gujarat, Feb. 21, 1849, the Sikhs being thoroughly defeated. He retired in May, 1849 ; was made Viscount Gough of Gujarat and Limerick : received thanks of Parliament and a pension, and freedom of the City of London : General in 1854 : sent in 1856 to Sebastopol to invest Pelissier and others with the Order of the Bath : K.P. in 1857 : P.C. in 1859 : K.C.S.I. in 1861 : Field Marshal in 1862 : he died March 2, 1869. He is said to have commanded in more general actions than any British officer in the century, the Duke of Wellington excepted. He was very popular with the soldiers. |
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