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Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F
Date transcribed | 2011-03-01 | 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 | Egerton | | First Name(s) | Philip Henry | | Year of Birth | 1824 | | Year of Death | 1893 | | Entry | I.C.S. : son of William Egerton (of the B.C.S., 1792-1820) : born Aug. 9, 1824 : educated at the Naval and Military Academy, Edinburgh : R.M. College, Sandhurst, and Haileybury, 1840-2 : went to India, 1842 : served in the N.W.P. to 1850 : Magte-Collr. of Delhi, 1855-9, but was on leave during the siege in 1857 and could not rejoin till Oct., when he vigorously restored order in the city and district. Commissioner of Umritsar, 1859, and of Rawul Pindi, 1868 : retired, 1872 : wrote Journal of a Tour through Spiti, 1864 : died Jan. 17, 1893. |
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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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