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Date transcribed2011-05-01
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.

Surname  Johnson    
First Name(s)  Edwin Beaumont    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1825    
Year of Death  1893    
Entry  Son of Sir Henry Allen Johnson, Bart. : born July 4, 1825 : educated at Addiscombe : went to India in the Bengal Artillery in 1842 : rose to be Lt-General, and General, 1877 : Colonel Commandant, R.A., 1890 : was in the Satlaj campaign, in the Artillery, at Firozshahr and Sobraon : in the Panjab campaign at Ramnagar, Chilianwala, and Gujarat, and in the pursuit of the Sikhs and Afghans : Brevet- Major : was A.D.C. to the C. in C. in 1855, and A.A.G. of Artillery in Oudh : in the mutiny was with Archdale Wilson at the actions on the Hindun and at Badlika- Sarai, and at the siege and assault of Delhi : at the siege and capture of Lucknow : Brevet-Lt-Colonel : C.B. : Assistant Military Secretary for Indian affairs at the. Horse Guards, 1865 : Q.M.G., in India, 1873 : Member of the Council of India, 1874 : K.C.B., 1875 : Military Member of the Supreme Council in India, 1877-80 : C.I.E., 1878 : Director-General of Military Education at the War Office, 1884-6 : G.C.B., 1887 : died June 18, 1893     
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