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Date transcribed2011-05-01
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.

Surname  Johnstone    
First Name(s)  James    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1841    
Year of Death  1895    
Entry  Born Feb. 9, 1841 : son of Dr. James Johnstone, F.R.C.P. : educated at the Birmingham Grammar School and Gosport : entered the Bengal Army, 1858 : Maj-General,1894: in the Trans-Gogra force in the mutiny, 1858-9 : in the Bhutan campaign, 1864-6 : in charge of elephant Kheddas in Orissa, 1868-74 : Political Agent at Keonjhur during the rebellion, and in charge of the State for 3 years : Political Agent at Manipur, 1877 : at the head of the Manipur Army relieved Kohima, 1878, where 545 British subjects were besieged by 6,000 Nagas : at assault and capture of Khonoma : Commissioner in 1881 for settling disputes on Burmese frontier : made a great march in 1886 from Manipur and saved lives of Europeans employed in Upper Burma : K.C.S.I., in 1887 : wrote at length to the newspapers in 1891, after the outbreak and troubles at Manipur : died from a fall from his horse on June 13, 1895, after his retirement : was a claimant to the dormant Marquessate of Annandale.     
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