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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Adye    
First Name(s)  Sir John Miller    
Year of Birth  1891    
Year of Death  1900    
Entry  Born Nov. 1, 1819, son of Major J. P. Adye, R.A. : entered the Royal Artillery in Dec. 1836 : in the Crimea as Brig- Major to the Artillery ; Brevet-Lt- Colonel, 1854, and C. B. : through the mutiny as A.A.G. for Royal Artillery : with General Windham at Cawnpur and at the defeat of the Gwalior contingent, Dec. 6, 1857 : commanded the R.A. in Madras in 1859 : D.A.G. of Artillery in India, 1863 ; in the Sitana (Umbeyla) campaign : Director of Artillery at the War Office, 1870 : to the Crimea in 1872, to report on the British cemeteries and monuments : Governor of R.M.A. Woolwich, 1875 : wrote largely on the question of the Russians in Central Asia and on Afghanistan, opposing a forward policy : Surveyor-General of Ordnance, 1880 : Chief of the Staff to Lord Wolseley in the Egyptian campaign, 1882 : Governor of Gibraltar, 1883-1886 : K.C.B. in 1873 : Commander of the Legion of Honour, 1874 : G.C.B. in 1882, and the Order of the Medjidie : General, Nov. 20, 1884 : died Aug. 26, 1900. He wrote on India, viz., The Defence of Cawnpur, Sitana, a Mountain Campaign, Indian Frontier History, and an autobiography.     
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