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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  Leighton    
First Name(s)  David    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1774    
Year of Death  1860    
Entry  Son of Thomas Leighton : born 1774 : was a banker's clerk in Montrose : obtained a military cadetship in the E.I. Co.'s service, 1795 : went to Bombay : Ensign and Lieutenant in Jan. 1797 : with the 5th N.I. in the Mysore campaign, 1799 : at the siege of Seringapatam and the capture of Jalalabad: under Colonel A. Wellesley in the operations against Dhoondia Waugh, and the capture of several hill forts : served with the 4th N.L in suppressing the Malabar rebellion : Lt-Colonel in 9th N.I. in Dec. 1808 : Brigadier in the Dekkan Field Force, 1815 : Adjutant-General of Bombay Army, 1817, and member of the Military Board for 9 years : second in command of the expedition to Arabia, 1820, at the defeat of the Joasmi Arabs and capture, 1821, of Beni-Boo-Ali : Colonel, 7th N.I. from 1824 until his death : in 1826 commanded the Surat Division and the Presidency Division for 3 years : President of the Military Board for 4 years : retired, 1831 : Maj-General, 1837 and K.C.B. : Lt-General, 1848 : General, 1854 : died June 1, 1860, at his small estate near Cheltenham.     
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