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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  Cureton    
First Name(s)  Charles Robert    
Year of Birth  1789    
Year of Death  1848    
Entry  Brig-General : born in 1789 : entered the Shropshire Militia, 1806 : disguised as a sailor, he fled from creditors, and enlisted in a dragoon regiment in 1808 : served in the Peninsula, was in many actions, Talavera, Badajos, Salamanca, Madrid, Vittoria, etc.: gazetted as Ensign, 1814 : worked up to Lt-Colonel in 1846 : went to India in 1822 : was at the siege of Bhartpur, Jan. 19, 1826 : was in the Afghan war, 1839, under Sir J. Keane, at Ghazni, July 23, 1839, and the occupation of Kabul : was at Maharajpur on Dec. 29, 1843 : C.B., 1844 : in the Satlaj campaign was under Sir Harry Smith : commanded the cavalry at Aliwal, and a Brigade of cavalry at Sobraon, gaining the highest praise as a cavalry commander : made A.D.C. to the Queen : and Adjutant- General to the Queen's forces in India, 1846 : in the second Sikh war he was killed at Ramnagar, Nov. 22, 1848.     
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