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Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R
Date transcribed | 2011-08-00 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | Metcalfe | | First Name(s) | James | | Birth Year | 1817 | | Death Year | 1888 | | Entry | Born 1817 : natural son of Lord Metcalfe {q.v.): educated at Addiscombe : joined the 3rd Bengal N.I., 1836 : inherited £50,000 from his father : A.D.C. to Lord Dalhousie, 1848-53 : as interpreter to C. in C. in India, with Sir Colin Campbell, 1857-60 : C.B. : Brevet Lt-Colonel : retired, 1861 : died March 8, 1888. |
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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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