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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  Hartley    
First Name(s)  James    
Year of Birth  1745    
Year of Death  1799    
Entry  Born 1745 : entered the E.I. Co.'s military service at Bombay in 1764 : in the expeditions against the pirates on the Malabar coast, 1765 : A.D.C. to the Governor of Bombay, 1770 : in 1778 he was in the Army sent by the Bombay Government to the Konkan, which retreated before the Mahrattas in 1770 : by his skilful conduct of the rearguard, he saved the force from utter defeat. He was opposed to the Convention of Wargaum, Jan. 14, 1779 : captured Ahmadabad, Feb. 15, 1780 : was further engaged against the Mahrattas, 20,000 of whom he defeated at Doogaur, Dec. 9, 1780 : his promotion to Lt-Colonel was disallowed by the Court of Directors, but granted by the King in England : Q.M.G. of the Bombay Army, 1788 : in Dec. 1790, he defeated Tippoo's general, Husain Ali, at Calicut : co-operated against Seringapatam in 1791 : captured the French settlement of Mahé in 1793 : Maj-General in 1796 : made Supervisor of Malabar : second in command of the Bombay Army under General Stuart against Tippoo in 1799 : fought at Seedaseer on March 5, 1799 : at the storming of Seringapatam, May 4 : died at Cannanore, Oct. 4, 1799.     
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