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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 | Inglis | | First Name(s) | John Eardley Wilmot | | Titles | Sir | | Year of Birth | 1814 | | Year of Death | 1862 | | Entry | Born Nov. 15, 1814 : son of the Very Rev. John Inglis, D.D., Bishop of Nova Scotia : joined the 32nd regt. in 1833, in Canada, 1837 : in the second Sikh war of 1848-9 was at the sieges and capture of Multan, at Cheniote and Gujarat : at Lucknow in the mutiny, was second in command at Chinhut, June 30. 1857 : and, on Sir Henry Lawrence being mortally wounded on July 2, succeeded to the command of the garrison until the relief by Sir Henry Havelock on Sep. 25 : was Maj-General and K.C.B. ""for his enduring fortitude and persevering gallantry in the defence of the Residency of Lucknow for 87 days against an overwhelming force of the enemy : in the subsequent action against Tantia Topi in Dec. 1857 : commanded the troops in the Ionian Islands, 1860 : died at Homburg, Sep. 27, 1862. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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