1. AGNEW, PATRICK ALEXANDER VANS

AGNEW, PATRICK ALEXANDER VANS (1822-1848), a civil servant under the East India Company. He was the son of Lt Col Patrick Vans Agnew, an East India Company director. Agnew joined the Bengal civil service in March 1841. In 1842, he became assistant to...

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2. ALEXANDER ALIAS MUHAMMAD SADIQ

ALEXANDER ALIAS MUHAMMAD SADIQ, a European of unknown nationality, who drifted to Lahore in 1841 from Kabul, where he had served in Shah Shuja's army, and had adopted the Muslim faith. He joined the Khalsa army as a battalion commander serving under ...

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3. ALLARD, BENJAMIN

ALLARD, BENJAMIN (17961877), step-brother of General Allard, born at Saint Tropez in 1796, was sent to Lahore in 1829 in order to replace his brother as the military adviser of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, but the two brothers failed to win the confidence ...

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4. ALLARD, JEAN FRANCOIS

ALLARD, JEAN FRANCOIS (17851839), Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, an order instituted in 1802 by Napoleon I, was born at Saint Tropez, France, on 8 March 1785. In 1803, he joined the French army and served in it fighting in the Imperial Cavalry in...

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5. ALVARINE,

ALVARINE, an Italian (Irishman, according to C. Grey`s European Adventurers of Northern India), who joined service under the Sikh Darbar in 1841. He died at Lahore soon afterwards.

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