6. ANDREWS, CHARLES FREER

ANDREWS, CHARLES FREER (18711940). Anglican missionary, scholar and educationist, was born to John Edwin Andrews on 12 February 1871 in NewcastleonTyne in Great Britain. His father was a minister of the Evangelical Anglican Church. Andrews grew up in...

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7. ARGOUD, BENOIT

ARGOUD, BENOIT, a Frenchman, who joined Maharaja Ranjit Singh`s infantry in November 1836 as an instructor. He was of a quarrelsome nature and readily picked rows with his colleagues and subordinates. Dismissed from service in April 1837, he proceede...

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8. AUCKLAND, GEORGE EDEN, EARL OF

AUCKLAND, GEORGE EDEN, EARL OF (17841849), GovernorGeneral of India, son of William Eden, First Baron of Auckland, was born at Eden Farm, near Beckenham, in Kent, in August 1784. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and was called to the bar at ...

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9. AVITABILE, PAOLO CRESCENZO MARTINO

AVITABILE, PAOLO CRESCENZO MARTINO (17911850), a Neapolitan soldier of fortune who, starting life as a private gunner, succeeded in obtaining high ranks in two widely separated Asiatic armies of Persia and Punjab, was born at Agerola, Naples, Italy, ...

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10. BAKER, GEORGE,

BAKER, GEORGE, a Eurasian, who served as a drummajor in one of the battalions of Maharaja Ranjit Singh`s army.

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