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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 | Harness | | First Name(s) | Henry Drury | | Titles | Sir | | Year of Birth | 1804 | | Year of Death | 1883 | | Entry | Son of John Harness, M.D. : born 1804 : entered the Royal Engineers, 1827 : Colonel, 1862 : in the mutiny as Lt- Colonel R.E. : in the operations at Cawnpur, against the Gwalior contingent : at the siege and capture of Lucknow: in Rohilkund : in Oudh : C.B. : K.C.B., 1873 : Colonel Commandant R.E. and Colonel in the Army : retired as Maj- General, 1877 : died Feb. 10, 1883. |
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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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