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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
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.

Surnames  Honner    
First Name(s)  Robert William    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1800?    
Year of Death  1869?    
Entry  Son of a military officer : born about 1800 : entered the Army, 1821 : nearly 20 years a subaltern, 17 years Adjutant of his regt. : as Brevet-Major commanded the 4th Bombay N.I. at 27 years' service : served in Mahi Kanta against the Bhils, 1823 : with the Field Force in 1824 in the Meena Hills, and against various predatory tribes : with the Bombay column in the Panjab campaign, 1848-9 : at the capture of Multan : Brevet-Lt-Colonel : Brigadier in the Persian war, 1856-7 : commanded the advance Division at the capture of Reshire and surrender of Bushire : at Khushab : C.B. : commanded at the island of Karrak for some months : commanded the Nasirabad Brigade in the mutiny, in the pursuit of Tantia Topi and other chief rebels : Maj- General, 1861 : Resident at Aden, 1862- 3 : General of the Sind Division from 1863 : K.C.B. : left India, 1866, after about 45 years' continuous service there : died about 1869.     
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