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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  Grant    
First Name(s)  William Keir    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1772    
Year of Death  1852    
Entry  Son of Archibald Keir, I.C.S. : born in 1772 : joined the 15th King's Light Dragoons, 1792 : served in Flanders, 1794 : saved the German Emperor, Francis II, at Villiers-en-Couche : served in Germany : and in Italy with the Russian and Austrian armies, in several battles : Adjutant-General of the King's troops in Bengal, 1806 : commanded the advance on the Satlaj, 1810 : against Amir Khan, the Pathan freebooter, in 1814 : C. in C. in Java, 1815 : commanded part of the Army of the Dekkan against the Pindaris, 1817 : also against Sawantwari and Cutch, 1819 : defeated the piratical Arabs in the Persian Gulf in 1819-20, and arranged for the complete suppression of piracy : assumed the name of Keir Grant, instead of Grant Keir : K.C.B., 1822 : Lt-General, 1825 : G.C.H., 1835 : General, 1841 : died May 7, 1852     
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