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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 | Innes | | First Name(s) | James John Macleod | | Year of Birth | 1830 | | Entry | Lt- General : born Feb. 5, 1830 : son of Surgeon James Innes, H.E.I.C.S. : educated at Edinburgh University and Addiscombe : joined Bengal Engineers, 1848 : P.W.D. 1851 : served through the mutiny : in the defence of Lucknow Residency, 1857 : at siege of Lucknow, 1858, and actions of Chanda, Amirpur and Sultanpur : severely wounded : gained the V.C. for gallantry in capturing, and holding singlehanded, a gun which was being trained on an advancing column : Brevet-Major : Panjab Irrigation works : Accountant-General, P.W.D. India, 1870- 80 : Inspr-General of Military Works, India : retired as General, 1886 : author of Lucknow and Oudh in the Mutiny, The Sepoy Revolt, 1897 ; Sir Henry Lawrence (Rulers of India series), 1898 ; Life of Sir James Browne, K.C.S.I., R.E. |
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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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