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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  Inglis    
First Name(s)  John Eardley Wilmot    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1814    
Year of Death  1862    
Entry  Born Nov. 15, 1814 : son of the Very Rev. John Inglis, D.D., Bishop of Nova Scotia : joined the 32nd regt. in 1833, in Canada, 1837 : in the second Sikh war of 1848-9 was at the sieges and capture of Multan, at Cheniote and Gujarat : at Lucknow in the mutiny, was second in command at Chinhut, June 30. 1857 : and, on Sir Henry Lawrence being mortally wounded on July 2, succeeded to the command of the garrison until the relief by Sir Henry Havelock on Sep. 25 : was Maj-General and K.C.B. ""for his enduring fortitude and persevering gallantry in the defence of the Residency of Lucknow for 87 days against an overwhelming force of the enemy : in the subsequent action against Tantia Topi in Dec. 1857 : commanded the troops in the Ionian Islands, 1860 : died at Homburg, Sep. 27, 1862.    
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