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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  Lockhart    
First Name(s)  William Stephen Alexander    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1841    
Year of Death  1900    
Entry  Son of the Rev. Lawrence Lockhart : born Sep. 2, 1841 : joined the 44th Bengal N.I. in 1858 : became General in 1896 : served in the mutiny, with the 5th Fusiliers, in Oudh in 1858-9 : in Bhutan, in 1864-6 as Adjutant : in the Abyssinian campaign of 1867-8 : D.A.Q.M.G. in the Hazara expedition, 1868 : served in Achin with the Dutch, 1875-7 : in the Q.M.G.'s department in Afghanistan, 1878-80 : at Kabul and in the Khyber : D. Q.M.G., Intelligence Branch, 1880-5 : sent to Chitral : Brigadier in the Burma war, 1886-7 : K.C.B. : C.S.I. : Assistant Military Secretary for Indian affairs at the Horse Guards, 1889-90 : commanded the Panjab Frontier Force, 1890-5 : in the Miranzai, Isazai, Waziristan expeditions, in command : K.C.S.I. : commanded 40,000 men in the Tirah expedition, 1897 : G.C.B. : and appointed C. in C. in India in 1898 : died at Calcutta, March 18, 1900.     
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