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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  Havelock-Allan    
First Name(s)  Henry Marshman    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1830    
Year of Death  1897    
Entry  Eldest son of Sir H. Havelock (q.v.) : born at Chinsura, Aug. 6, 1830 : educated at St. John's Wood, London : joined the 39th regt. in 1846 : went out to India, 1848 : suffered from sunstroke and felt it all his life : in the Persian war, 1857 : at Muhamra : was A.D.C. to his father when commanding the relief column at Cawnpur: in several actions: won the V.C. at Cawnpur: July 16, 1857, leading the 64th regt. against severe fire : D.A.A.G. to the force from Cawnpur to the relief of Lucknow, Sep. 1857 : recommended by Outram for the V.C. : wounded : received a Baronetcy in Jan. 1858, for the services of his father (died Nov. 24, 1857) : D.A.A.G. to Brig- General Franks (q.v.), at the siege of Lucknow : further engaged against the rebels, and in the Oudh campaign : Brevet- Major and Lt-Colonel : in the Maori war 1863-4 : C.B., 1866 : A.Q.M.G. in Canada, 1867-9 : M.P. for Sunderland, 1874-81, and for a Division of Durham county, 1885-92, and in 1895 : added the name of Allan to his own, 1880 : Lt-General, 1881 : K.C.B., 1897 : went to India to see the frontier fighting and troops in Afghanistan in 1897 : shot by the Khyberis near Ali Masjid, Dec. 30, 1897 : he wrote on military subjects.     
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