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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)  John    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1751    
Year of Death  1817    
Entry  Born May 13, 1751 : son of John Horsford : educated at Merchant Taylors' and St. John's College, Oxford : Fellow, 1768-71 : enlisted under the name of ""John"" Rover in the E. I. Co.'s Artillery, 1772 : his identity was discovered in 1778, and he received a Commission as Lieutenant Fireworker : rose to be Maj-General, 1811 : served in the Bengal Artillery under Cornwallis in the Mysore war, 1790-1, at Bangalore, Arikera and Seringapatam : commanded the Artillery under Lord Lake, 1803-5, at Alighar, Delhi, Agra, Deeg, Bhartpur : at the siege of Komanur, 1807 : commanded the Bengal Artillery, 1808-17: and at the siege of Hatras, 1817 : K.C.B., 1817 : died at Cawnpur, April 20, 1817, a few days after his return from Hatras : never had a day's leave in his 45 years' service.     
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