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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  Hamilton    
First Name(s)  Robert North Collie    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1802    
Year of Death  1887    
Entry  Son of Sir Frederick Hamilton, fifth Baronet : born April 7, 1802 : educated at Haileybury : went to India in 1819 : served in the N.W.P. : Commissioner of Agra : Secretary to the N.W.P. Government in 1843 : Resident at Indore, with Holkar, from 1844 : succeeded as Baronet, in 1853 : was made Agent to the Governor- General for Central India in 1854 : returned from leave in England in the mutiny of 1857 : and rejoined at Indore : was ordered to prepare a plan for the pacification of Central India, which was accepted : he, as Political Officer, accompanied Sir Hugh Rose in his Central Indian campaign in 1858 : was at the capture of Jhansi and defeat of Tantia Topi : at the restoration of Gwalior to Sindia : K.C.B., and the thanks of Parliament for his mutiny services : provisional Member of the Supreme Council, 1859 : retired in 1859, from ill-health : died May 30, 1887.     
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