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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  Hudson    
First Name(s)  John    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1833    
Year of Death  1893    
Entry  Born June 30, 1833 : son of Captain John Hudson, R.N. : educated at the Royal Naval School, New Cross : entered the 64th regt. in 1853 : Adjutant in the Persian war, 1856-7 : present in all the engagements : in the mutiny was Adjutant with his regt. in Havelock's force, and in his actions from Fatehpur, July 12, to Bithur, Aug. 16 : in the advance to Lucknow, the defence of Cawnpur, the defeat of the Gwalior contingent : and in subsequent engagements : in the Abyssinian campaign, 1867-8 : commanded the 28th Panjab N.I. in the Afghan war of 1878- 80 : was in Sir F. Roberts' advance on Kabul, 1879 : in the operations round Kabul, defended the Lataband post : commanded in the Khyber in 1881 : C.B. : commanded the Indian Contingent in the Soudan, 1885 : K.C.B. : Maj-General, 1887 : commanded a Division, 1888-92 : Lt-General : C. in C, Bombay in 1893 : died at Poona, June 9, 1893, instantaneously, from a fall from his horse.     
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