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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
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  Dalhousie    
First Name(s)  George Ramsay    
Titles  Ninth Earl Of    
Year of Birth  1770    
Year of Death  1838    
Entry  General : son of the eighth Earl : born in 1770, entered the Army in the Dragoon Guards in 1789, was in several regiments : became Maj -General in 1805, Lt-General, 1813 : G.C.B. : General, 1830 : served at Martinique, 1792 : in the Irish rebellion of 1798 : in Holland, Egypt, the Peninsula and France : created Baron Dalhousie in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in Aug. 181 5 : Lt-Governor of Nova Scotia, 1816 : Captain-General and Governor of Canada, Nova Scotia, etc., 1819-28 : and commanded the forces from 18 19 : was C. in C. in the East Indies, 1829-32 : father of the first Marquis of Dalhousie (q.v.) : died March 21, 1838.     
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