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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  Howden    
First Name(s)  John Francis Caradoc    
Year of Birth  1762    
Year of Death  1839    
Entry  Born Aug. 12, 1762 : son of the Right Rev. John Cradock, Archbishop of Dublin : entered the Cavalry : 1777, Lt-Colonel of the 13th regt., 1789 : served in the W. Indies, 1790 and 1793~5 : Maj-General, 1798 : was Q.M.G. in Ireland under Lord Cornwallis during the rebellion of 1798 : was M.P. in the Irish Parliament, 1785- 1900: on the Staff of Sir Ralph Abercromby in the Mediterranean and Egypt : Knight of the Bath, 1803 : C. in C. at Madras, 1804-7, and Lt-General : during his tenure of office the mutiny at Vellore occurred, 1806 : which he attributed to efforts to restore the Muhammadan cause, while it was also ascribed to orders issued about uniform : recalled in 1807 : commanded the forces in Portugal, 1808 : Governor of Gibraltar, 1809 : C. in C. at the Cape, 1811-14 : General, 1812 : made Lord Howden in the Irish Peerage, 1819 : changed his name to Caradoc, 1820 : made an English Peer, 1831 : died July 6, 1839     
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