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Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C
Date transcribed | 2011-01-01 | 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 | Balfour | | First Name(s) | Sir George | | Year of Birth | 1809 | | Year of Death | 1894 | | Entry | Born 1809 : son of Capt. George Balfour : brother of E. G. Balfour (q.v.) : educated at Eddiscombe (sic): joined the Madras Artillery, 1825, the Royal Artillery, 1826 : served in the Malacca campaign, 1832-33 : in China with the Madras force, 1840-2 : and was Colonel at Shanghai from 1843 for some years : on the Madras Military Board 1849-57, and Inspr- General of Ordnance : C.B., 1854 : on the Military Finance Commission of 1859-60, and Head of the Military Finance Department, 1860-62, doing valuable work in these appointments : in England, employed on the Recruiting Commission, 1866 and 1868-70 : as Assistant to the Controller in Chief at the War Office, 1868- 71 : K.C.B., 1871 : M.P. Kincardineshire, 1872-1892 : became a General in 1877 : died, March 12, 1894 : his wife was a daughter of Joseph Hume, M.P. |
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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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