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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  Kirkpatrick    
First Name(s)  William    
Year of Birth  1754    
Year of Death  1812    
Entry  Born 1754 : son of Colonel James Kirkpatrick of the Madras cavalry : joined the Bengal Infantry in 1773 : became Maj -General in 1811 : was Persian Interpreter to General Stibbert, C. in C. in Bengal, for periods between 1777 and 1785 : was Resident at Gwalior, and Persian Interpreter with Lord Cornwallis in the Mysore war, 1791-2 : mediated in Nipal, until then unvisited by any Englishman, between the Nipalese and Chinese in 1793 : Resident at Hyderabad in 1795 : met Lord Mornington at the Cape in 1798 and became his Military Secretary in 1798, and Private Secretary in 1799 : after Seringapatam in 1799, was made a Commissioner for the partition of Mysore : Resident at Poona in 1801 : left India in 1801 : he was well versed in Oriental languages and Indian lore : translated Tippoo's diary and letters from Persian, and wrote an account of his mission to Nipal : he died Aug. 22, 1812.     
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