Abbott, Augustus (1804–1867), army officer in the East India Company, was born in London on 7 January 1804, the eldest of five sons of Henry Alexius Abbott (1764–1819) of Blackheath, Kent, a retired Calcutta merchant, and his wife, Margaret (1774–1853), daughter of ...
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Abbott, Augustus (1804–1867), army officer in the East India Company consul at Tehran
R. H. Vetch
revised by Roger T. Stearn
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Abbott, Sir Frederick (1805–1892), army officer in the East India Company
R. H. Vetch
revised by Roger T. Stearn
Abbott, Sir Frederick (1805–1892), army officer in the East India Company, was the second son of Henry Alexius Abbott of Blackheath, Kent, a retired Calcutta merchant, and his wife, Margaret, daughter of William Welsh of Edinburgh, writer to the signet. He was the brother of ...
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Abbott, Saunders Alexius (1811–1894), army officer in the East India Company
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Baillie, John (1772–1833), army officer in the East India Company and orientalist
Stanley Lane-Poole
revised by James Falkner
Baillie, John (1772–1833), army officer in the East India Company and orientalist, younger son of George Baillie of Leys Castle, Inverness, and his wife, Anne (née Baillie), was born at Inverness on 10 May 1772, and entered the East India Company's service in 1790, arriving in ...
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Baillie, William, of Dunain (1739–1782), army officer in the East India Company
H. M. Chichester
revised by Roger T. Stearn
Baillie, William, of Dunain (1739–1782), army officer in the East India Company, was born in October 1739, probably at Dunain, Inverness-shire, the eldest son of Alexander Baillie of Dunain (d. 1771) and his wife, Anne (d. 1776), third daughter of Sir Archibald Campbell...
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Banks, John Sherbrooke (bap. 1811, d. 1857), army officer in the East India Company
A. J. Arbuthnot
revised by James Falkner
Banks, John Sherbrooke (bap. 1811, d. 1857), army officer in the East India Company, baptized at Naas, co. Kildare, Ireland, on 7 October 1811, was the son of Samuel Banks, physician in HM forces, of Burton upon Trent, and his wife, Lucinda. In 1828 he was nominated to a cadetship in the ...
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Barker, Sir Robert, baronet (c. 1732–1789), army officer in the East India Company
H. M. Stephens
revised by G. J. Bryant
Barker, Sir Robert, baronet (c. 1732–1789), army officer in the East India Company, only son of Robert Barker MD (d. 1745), of Hammersmith, Middlesex, and his wife, Hannah Whitehead, was born about 1732 in the parish of St Anne's, Soho, London. Barker...
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Beatson, Alexander (1759–1830), army officer in the East India Company and colonial governor
Andrew Grout
Beatson, Alexander (1759–1830), army officer in the East India Company and colonial governor, was born on 24 October 1759 at Dundee. He was the second son of the three sons and one daughter of Robert Beatson (b. 1730), of Kilrie, Fife, and his wife, ...
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Birch, Sir Richard James Holwell (1803–1875), army officer in the East India Company
H. M. Stephens
revised by James Falkner
Birch, Sir Richard James Holwell (1803–1875), army officer in the East India Company, came of a well-known Anglo-Indian family, and was the son of Richard Comyns Birch, Bengal civil service, and his wife, Frances Jane, daughter of William Rider, sheriff of Calcutta; he was a grandson of ...
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Blacker, Valentine (1778–1826), army officer in the East India Company and cartographer
A. J. Arbuthnot
revised by James Lunt
Blacker, Valentine (1778–1826), army officer in the East India Company and cartographer, was born on 19 October 1778, the fourth son of St John Blacker (b. 1743), rector of Moira, co. Down, and his first wife, Grace, née Close (d. 1798)...
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Boden, Joseph (d. 1811), army officer in the East India Company and benefactor
H. M. Chichester
revised by Philip Carter
Boden, Joseph (d. 1811), army officer in the East India Company and benefactor, details of whose birth and parentage are unknown, was appointed lieutenant in the Bombay native infantry on 24 November 1781. He became captain on 25 October 1796, major on 12 October 1802, and lieutenant-colonel on 21 May 1806. His name was borne at various times on the rolls of the ...
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Briggs, John (1785–1875), army officer in the East India Company
A. J. Arbuthnot
revised by Roger T. Stearn
Briggs, John (1785–1875), army officer in the East India Company, eldest child of James Briggs (d. c.1830), of Scottish descent, physician-general of Madras, and his first wife, Martha (d. c.1788), daughter of John Bryan Pybus, of the Madras civil service...
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Brind, Sir James (1808–1888), army officer in the East India Company service
R. H. Vetch
revised by Roger T. Stearn
Brind, Sir James (1808–1888), army officer in the East India Company service, was born in London on 10 July 1808, the youngest of thirteen children (seven sons and six daughters) of Walter Brind (1761/2–1832), ribbon manufacturer and silk merchant of Paternoster Row, London...
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Broadfoot, George (1807–1845), army officer in the East India Company
A. J. Arbuthnot
revised by Roger T. Stearn
Broadfoot, George (1807–1845), army officer in the East India Company, was born at Kirkwall, Orkney, the eldest surviving son of the Revd William Broadfoot, from a west Yorkshire family and minister of the Kirkwall Secession Church, 1798–1817, and his wife, Helen, née Sutherland (1783–1839)...
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Brooke, Robert (1744–1811), army officer in the East India Company and colonial governor
T. H. Bowyer
Brooke, Robert (1744–1811), army officer in the East India Company and colonial governor, was the second son of Robert Brooke (1710–1784), an artist, of Rantavan, co. Cavan, and his wife and cousin, Honor (d. 1800), daughter of Henry Brooke, rector of Kinawley, co. Fermanagh...
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Broughton, Thomas Duer (1778–1835), army officer in the East India Company and writer on India
Thompson Cooper
revised by James Lunt
Broughton, Thomas Duer (1778–1835), army officer in the East India Company and writer on India, was born in Bristol on 8 March 1778, son of the Revd Thomas Broughton, rector of St Peter's, Bristol, and his wife, Jane; he was great-grandson of the ...
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Burrell, Litellus (1753–1827), army officer in the East India Company
Douglas M. Peers
Burrell, Litellus (1753–1827), army officer in the East India Company, was born in 1753. Nothing is known of his parents (it is just possible that he was related to the Littelus Birrell born in Edinburghshire in 1712) or his life until he was 17, when he set off for ...
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Caillaud, John (1726–1812), army officer in the East India Company
T. H. Bowyer
Caillaud, John (1726–1812), army officer in the East India Company, was born in Dublin on 5 February 1726 and baptized in the French (Huguenot) church in Peter Street on 16 February, the younger son and youngest of the three children of Ruben Caillaud (...
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Caldwell, Sir Alexander (1763–1839), army officer in the East India Company
H. M. Stephens
revised by James Lunt
Caldwell, Sir Alexander (1763–1839), army officer in the East India Company, was born on 1 February 1763, a younger son of William Caldwell (1710–1802) and his third wife, Isabella, daughter of Alexander Clark of Inverness. Alexander was nominated a cadet in the Bengal...
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Caldwell, Sir James Lillyman (1770–1863), army officer in the East India Company
R. H. Vetch
revised by Roger T. Stearn
Caldwell, Sir James Lillyman (1770–1863), army officer in the East India Company, born at Greenwich on 22 November 1770, was the son of Major Arthur Caldwell (d. 26 Jan 1786) of the Bengal Engineers, who died at Benares, and his wife, Elizabeth Weed (...
