Baker, William Erskine, Sir, 1808-1881, Knight, army officer and engineer
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Baker, William Erskine, Sir, 1808-1881, Knight, army officer and engineer
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Baker, William Erskine, Sir, 1808-1881, Knight, army officer and engineer
Baker, William
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Baker, William Erskine (British engineer, 1808-1881)
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1828 lieutenant, Bengal Engineers; 1840 captain; 1845-1846 served in the First Anglo-Sikh War; c 1845 major; c 1846 public works department, India; superintendent, Delhi canals; superintendent, canals and forests in Sind; director, the Ganges Canal Project; consulting engineer for railways, government of India; secretary, government of India, public works department; 1854 lieutenant-colonel; 1857 colonel; 1858 returned to England; 1858-1861 military secretary, India Office; 1861 member of the council of India; 1865 major-general; 1870 KCB; 1871; colonel-commandant, Royal engineers; 1874 lieutenant-general; 1877 general.
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Bombay, India
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Bengal, India
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Scotland, United Kingdom
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Abyssinia, Africa
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Abyssinia, Africa
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India, Asia
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Mysore State, India
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Madras, India
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Bombay, India
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India, Asia
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Afghanistan, Asia
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