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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  Lake    
First Name(s)  Edward John    
Year of Birth  1823    
Year of Death  1877    
Entry  Son of Edward Lake, Major in the Madras Engineers : who served with distinction in the Mahratta war and was author of Sieges of the Madras Army : born June 19, 1823 : educated at Wimbledon and Addiscombe : went to India in the Royal Engineers, 1841-2 : joined the Sappers and Miners at Delhi : suppressed an outbreak near Kythul : was in the Satlaj campaign of 1845-6, at Mudki and Aliwal : served under John Lawrence at Kangra and Jalandhar in 1846 : commanded the Bahawalpur troops in the operations about Multan, 1848 : in the battle of Gujarat, the pursuit of the Sikhs and Afghans, 1849 : Brevet - Major : Commissioner of Jalandhar, 1855 : held fort of Kangra throughout the mutiny : Lt-Colonel, 1861 : Financial Commissioner of the Punjab, 1865 : C.S.I., 1866 : retired as Maj-General, 1870 : became Honorary Secretary of East London Mission Relief Fund in 1868: and Honorary Lay Secretary of the Church Missionary Society, 1869 to 1876 : edited the Church Missionary Record, 1871-4 : died June 7, 1877.     
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