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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  Kennaway    
First Name(s)  John    
Titles  Sir, Baronet    
Year of Birth  1758    
Year of Death  1836    
Entry  Political : son of William Kennaway : born March 6, 1858 : educated at Exeter Grammar School : entered the E. I. Co.'s military service in 1772 : wrecked at the mouth of the Ganges : in 1781 he was Persian Secretary to Col. T. D. Pearse, commanding the force sent from Bengal to the Carnatic : Captain in 1781 : served under Sir Eyre Coote against Hyder in the Carnatic : in subsequent campaigns up to 1786 : then became A.D.C. to Lord Cornwallis, who sent him in 1788 to insist on the cession of the Guntur Sircar, as agreed upon, and to make a treaty of July, 1790, with the Nizam : Baronet, in 1791 : he also made the treaty of Seringapatam, of March 1792, with Tippoo : he was the first Resident at Hyderabad from April 28, 1788 : retired to England in 1794 : died Jan. I, 1836.     
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