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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  Horsford    
First Name(s)  Alfred Hastings    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1818    
Year of Death  1885    
Entry  Son of General George Horsford : born 1818 : educated at the R.M.C., Sandhurst : joined the Rifle Brigade, 1833, and rose to be General, 1877 : served in the Kafir wars, 1847-8, 1852-3 : in the Crimea, in all the battles : C.B. : to India in the mutiny : commanded the 3rd Battalion at Cawnpur, and the advance to Lucknow, a Brigade at the siege of Lucknow, in the operations in Oudh, and on the Nipal frontier, 1858 : held staff appointments in England and at Malta : commanded the S.E. District, 1872 : Military Secretary at the Horse Guards, 1874-80 : represented Great Britain at the Brussels Conference on the usages of war, 1874 : K.C.B., 1860 : G.C.B., 1875 : died Sep. 13, 1885.     
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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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