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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R

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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	Macdonald
	First Name(s)	James Ronald Leslie
	Titles, Honours, etc.	Sir
	Birth Year	1862
	Entry	Born 1862 : son of Surgeon Major James Macdonald : educated at Aberdeen University and Woolwich : entered the Royal Engineers 1882 : served in the Hazara expedition 1888 : in the Uganda Railway Survey 1891-2 : acting Commissioner of the Uganda Protectorate 1893 : commanded the operations there 1897-8 : in charge of the British operations at Fashoda 1896 : commanded the Juba expedition 1898-9 : Brevet- Lieut.-Col. C.B. : in the China expedition 1901 : commanded the forces in the Tibet expedition 1903-4 : K.C.I.E.

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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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