Directories
> Misc Directories
Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland) |
|
Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I
Date transcribed | 2011-04-00 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surnames | Honner | | First Name(s) | Robert William | | Titles | Sir | | Year of Birth | 1800? | | Year of Death | 1869? | | Entry | Son of a military officer : born about 1800 : entered the Army, 1821 : nearly 20 years a subaltern, 17 years Adjutant of his regt. : as Brevet-Major commanded the 4th Bombay N.I. at 27 years' service : served in Mahi Kanta against the Bhils, 1823 : with the Field Force in 1824 in the Meena Hills, and against various predatory tribes : with the Bombay column in the Panjab campaign, 1848-9 : at the capture of Multan : Brevet-Lt-Colonel : Brigadier in the Persian war, 1856-7 : commanded the advance Division at the capture of Reshire and surrender of Bushire : at Khushab : C.B. : commanded at the island of Karrak for some months : commanded the Nasirabad Brigade in the mutiny, in the pursuit of Tantia Topi and other chief rebels : Maj- General, 1861 : Resident at Aden, 1862- 3 : General of the Sind Division from 1863 : K.C.B. : left India, 1866, after about 45 years' continuous service there : died about 1869. |
|
<< first
< previous
next >
last >>
|
|
A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
|