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Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I
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 | Green | | First Name(s) | William Henry Rhodes | | Titles | Sir | | Year of Birth | 1823 | | Entry | Born May 31, 1823 : son of Vice- Admiral Sir Andrew P. Green, K.C.B. : educated at King's College, and Brussels : entered the Indian Army, 1841, and joined the Sind Irregular Horse, 1846 : served throughout the second Panjab war, 1848-9 : present at siege of Multan and battle of Gujarat : employed on special duty during the Crimean war, as Colonel in the Turkish Army : present at Balaclava and Inkerman and siege of Sebastopol : severely wounded : Adjt- General of Turkish Bashi-Bazouks in Asia Minor and Bulgaria : A.A.G., Persian war, 1856-7 : Indian mutiny, 1857-8 : Political Agent in Beluchistan, 1859 : Officiating Chief Commissioner of Sind : Political Superintendent of N.W. Frontier of Sind, 1866-8 : retired, 1874 : K.C.S.I., 1866 : C.B. : author of Papers on Defence of N.W. Frontier of India. |
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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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