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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  Cheape    
First Name(s)  Sir John    
Year of Birth  1792    
Year of Death  1875    
Entry  Son of John Cheape : born in 1792 : educated at Woolwich and Addiscombe : joined the Bengal Engineers in 1809, rose to be Maj -General in 1854: was under Lord Hastings in the Pindari war, in the Nerbudda Field Force, 1817 : at the siege of Asirghar and in the Burmese war, 1824-6 : was Chief Engineer at the siege of Multan, 1848, and at Gujarat in the Panjab campaign : C.B. : in the second Burmese war of 1852-3, was second in command under General Godwin at first, and later, in 1853, commanded, and took Pegu : the provinces of Pegu and Tenasserim were annexed : K.C.B : A.D.C. to Queen Victoria : retired, 1857 : Colonel Commandant of Engineers, 1862 : G.C.B., 1865 : General, 1866 : died March 30, 1875     
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