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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed	2011-01-01
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	Couper
	First Name(s)	Sir George Ebenezer Wilson
	Titles	Baronet
	Year of Birth	1824
	Entry	I.C.S. : son of Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., Comptroller of the Household of H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent : born 1824 : educated at Sandhurst and Haileybury : entered the Bengal Civil Service in- 1846 : joined the Panjab Commission in 1849 : served in the Indian mutiny, through the siege of Lucknow under Sir Henry Lawrence, and after his death under Brig-General Inglis and Sir J ames Outram : Chief Commissioner in Oudh, 1871-6 : Lieutenant-Governor of the N.W. Provinces, 1876 : retired 1882 : C.B. : K.C.S.I. : 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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