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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography J to L

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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	Law
	First Name(s)	Jacques Francois
	Year of Birth	1724
	Year of Death	1767
	Entry	Son of William Law of Lauriston, and brother of Jean Law, Governor of Pondicherry : born 1724 : like his brother, went to India as an officer in the French service : rose to the rank of Colonel, and saw much active warfare in South India, during the struggle for supremacy between England and France. At the time of the siege of Trichinopoly, he was fighting on the side of Chanda Sahib, but his ""vacillation"" has been blamed for the failure of the latter : afterwards he was appointed C. in C. of the troops of the French E. I. Co. : died 1767, at the Isle of France, on his way out to Pondicherry.

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