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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  Humberston    
First Name(s)  Thomas Frederic Mackenzie    
Year of Birth  1753?    
Year of Death  1783    
Entry  Son of Major William Mackenzie : born about 1753 : entered the 1st Dragoon Guards in 1771 : took his mother's name of Humberston : Captain, 1778 : at the repulse of a French attack on Jersey, 1779 : commanded the 100th regt. in 1781 under General Medows at the Cape, and sailed for Madras : landed at Calicut in Feb. 1782, captured forts of Hyder Ali, and made a treaty with Travancore : retreated before Tippoo, but repulsed him at Paniane in Nov. 1782 : commanded the 78th : joined the Army under General Matthews in Malabar : went to Bombay to complain against the General : on his way back, his ship was captured by the Mahratta fleet, and he died of his wounds at Gheria, April 30, 1783.     
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