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Date transcribed | 2011-05-01 | 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. |
| Surname | Lane | | First Name(s) | Charles Edward William | | Year of Birth | 1786 | | Year of Death | 1872 | | Entry | Son of John Lane : born Oct. 23, 1786 : joined a Bengal N.I. regt. in 1807 : became General in 1870 : was in the first Burmese war, 1825 : commissariat officer at Dinapur, in 1832 : commanded a regt. in Afghanistan under Nott in 1842 : when in temporary command of Kandahar, he repulsed an attack of Afghans : C.B., 1842 : died Feb. 18, 1872. |
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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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