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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed	2011-03-01
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	Fraser
	First Name(s)	William
	Year of Birth	1784
	Year of Death	1835
	Entry	I.C.S. : son of Edward Satchell Fraser, brother of James Baillie Fraser {q.v.) : went to Bengal in 1799 : Secretary to Sir D. Ochterlony at Delhi, 1805 : Secretary to Mountstuart Elphinstone (q-v.) on his mission to Kabul : Political Agent to General Martindell's Army, 1815 : travelled with his brother to the Himalayas : settled Garhwal, 1819 : Member of the Board of Revenue, N.W.P., 1826: Resident at Delhi, 1830-5 : shot dead, on March 22, 1835, while riding at Delhi, by Kareem Khan, at the instigation of Shams-ud-din, Nawab of Firozpur : both of them were hanged

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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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