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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  Hislop    
First Name(s)  Thomas    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1764    
Year of Death  1843    
Entry  Born July 5, 1764 : son of Lt-Colonel William Hislop, R.A. : educated at the R.M.A., Woolwich : entered the 39th regt. in 1778 : in the siege of Gibraltar, 1779-83 : served in Corsica : commanded his regt. in the W. Indies, 1796 : commanded the captured Dutch colonies for six years : Lt-Governor of Trinidad, 1803-11 : at the capture of Guadeloupe, 1810 : appointed C. in C, Bombay, 1812 : but was captured by an American ship and returned home : C. in C. at Madras, 1814-20 : Baronet : K.C.B., 1814 : commanded the Army of the Dekkan in the Mahratta war, 1817-8 : defeated the Mahrattas under Holkar at Mahidpur, Dec. 21, 1817 : was blamed for his severity in executing the Mahratta Governor of the fort at Talner : the booty acquired by the Dekkan Army was, after litigation, snared by the Army of Upper India : G.C.B., 1818 : died May 3, 1843.     
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