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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	Gower
	First Name(s)	Erasmus
	Titles	Sir
	Year of Birth	1742
	Year of Death	1814
	Entry	Son of Abel Gower : entered the Navy in 1755 : served on various stations in N.. America, Jamaica, etc. : in 1781 commanded the Medea frigate in the E. Indies : captured the Vryheid, a Dutch ship, at Cuddalore in 1783 : and retook the Chaser with despatches : present in engagement between Suffrein and Sir E.Hughes (q.v.) off Cuddalore : in 1792-4, with Lord- Macartney and his embassy to China: commanded the Triumph and the Neptune : Admiral in 1809 : died June 21, 1814.

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