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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Merewether    
First Name(s)  William Lockyer    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1825    
Death Year  1880    
Entry  Son of Serjeant Henry Alworth Merewether : born Feb. 6, 1825 : educated at Westminster : joined the Bombay Army in 1841 : served with the 21st N.I. in the Sind campaign of 1842-3 : present at the battle of Hyderabad : in the S. Mahratta campaign : in the Sind Irregular Horse on the Upper Sind frontier from 1847 : defeated a large body of Bugtis : at the siege and capture of Multan, in 1848-9 : at Gujarat and the pursuit and surrender of the Sikhs : in charge of the Sind frontier in 1856, crushed tribal rebellions and insubordination of his troops : C.B., 1860 : Military Secretary to the Bombay Government, 1861 : Resident at Aden in 1865 : conducted active operations against the Fudhli tribes : and the negotiations with King Theodore of Abyssinia, 1866-7 : commanded the pioneer force in Abyssinia, 1867 : K.C.S.I., 1868, and Chief Commissioner in Sind 1868-77 : Member of the Council of India from Nov. 1877 : died Oct. 4, 1880. He is well remembered in Sind and in Bombay as a keen soldier of the school of John Jacob ; a skilful Political Officer, his administration was popular and based upon full knowledge of the country.     
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