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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland) |
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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 | Barker | | First Name(s) | Sir George Robert | | Year of Birth | 1817 | | Year of Death | 1861 | | Entry | Educated at the R.M.A., Woolwich : entered the Royal Artillery in 1834 : served in the Crimea : became a Colonel : in the Indian mutiny served under Sir Colin Campbell, commanding as Brigadier the siege Artillery at the capture of Lucknow, March, 1858 : commanded a Brigade in subsequent operations : captured Birwa : K.C.B. : died at Simla, July 27, 1861. |
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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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