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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  Hennessy    
First Name(s)  George Robertson    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1837    
Year of Death  1905    
Entry  Born April 22, 1837 : son of Maj- General John Hennessy, Bengal Army : entered the 34th Bengal N.l. 1854: served with 93rd Highlanders in the Indian mutiny : present at Maharajganj, Alambagh and the relief of Lucknow by Sir C. Campbell : with 75th regt. under Outram at the Alambagh : joined the Bengal Staff Corps, 1861 : served with the 15th Sikhs, 1867-90 : in the Afghan war, 1878-80 : in the march from Kandahar to Kabul and battles of Ahmad Kheyl and Urzoo : in the march from Kabul to Kandahar and battle of Kandahar : commanded 15th Sikhs at Suakin, 1885 : in several engagements : C.B., 1885 : left India, 1890 : Maj -General, 1894 : on unemployed supernumerary list, 1891 : K.C.B., 1903 : Colonel of 15th Sikhs, May, 1904 : died July 26, 1905.     
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