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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	Le Couteur
	First Name(s)	John
	Year of Birth	1761
	Year of Death	1835
	Entry	Of a Jersey family : entered the 95th regt. in 1780 : went to India in 1781 : led two forlorn hopes against Hyder Ali : was under General Mathews in Malabar, and with him besieged at Bednore by the French and Tippoo, and taken prisoner in 1783 : cruelly treated as a prisoner at Chitaldrug : released in 1784 : served in Jersey as inspecting officer of militia : in Jamaica: Lieutenant-Governor of Curacoa in 1813 : Lt-General, 1821 : died April 23, 1835 : wrote Letters from India, 1790

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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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