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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  Harris    
First Name(s)  George    
Titles  First Baron Of Seringapatam And Mysore    
Year of Birth  1746    
Year of Death  1829    
Entry  Son of the Rev. George Harris : born March 18, 1746 : educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich : Cadet in the Royal Artillery, 1759 : was with the 5th Foot in America : engaged at Bunker's Hill in 1775, severely wounded : served in the W. Indies : went out to India with General Sir William Medows (q.v.), as A.D.C. and Private Secretary, while the latter was Governor and C. in C. at Bombay (1788-90), and at Madras (1790-2) : in the campaigns of 1790-1, against Tippoo, and in the attack on Seringapatam, 1792 : saved £40,000 for Medows : commanded at Fort William, Calcutta, in 1794 : Maj-General : commanded at Madras, 1796-1 800, with a seat in Council, and acting Governor from Feb. to Aug. 1798 : in 1799 commanded 50,000 men against Tippoo : routed him at Malavilli on March 27, and took Seringapatam on May 4, 1799 : Mysore was annexed : retired to England, 1800 : Lt- General, 1801 : General, 1812 : made a Peer, 1815 : G.C.B., 1820 : Governor of Dumbarton Castle : died May 19, 1829.     
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