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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 | Birdwood | | First Name(s) | Christopher | | Year of Birth | 1807 | | Year of Death | 1882 | | Entry | General; born March 12, 1807 : son and grandson of E. I. Co's agents at Plymouth : entered the E. I. Co.'s Military service as Ensign 1825 : Capt. 1837 : Maj- General, 1868 : Lt-General, 1876 : Adjutant and Interpreter of the 3rd Bombay N.I. at Bombay, and Fort-Adjutant at Asirghar : commissariat officer at Mhow, 1839, other stations, and Aden, 1847 : Assistant Commissary General at Bombay and Executive Commissariat officer there during the Persian war, 1856-7 : rendered also invaluable service during the mutiny, organizing the bullock train between Bombay, Wassind and Mhow, on which Sir H. Rose's operations depended : consulted constantly by Lord Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, and highly esteemed by the native community, who called him Birdwood Maharaja : he always accompanied the Commissioner of Police, C. Forjett, (q.v.) in interviews with their leaders : was Commissary-General, Bombay Army : recommended for the C.B. by Lord Elphinstone, who constantly testified to his merits as a first-class commissariat officer : he became General in 1877 and retired after 52 years' service, 45 actually spent in India : died July 4, 1882 |
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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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