Goldsmid, F. J. (Frederic John), 1818-1908

1839 ensign, East India Company army, 37th Madras native infantry; 1840 lieutenant; 1851 captain; 1856 brevet major; 1863 brevet lieutenant-colonel; 1864 major; 1865 lieutenant-colonel; 1865-1870 director-general, Indo European Telegraph; 1870 colonel; 1875 major-general on retirement; 1880 controller of the crown lands, Daira Sanieh, Egypt; 1883 administrateur délégué de l'association internationale, the Congo; 1885-1887 secretary, Royal Asiatic Society; 1890-1805 vice-president, Royal Asiatic Society.

Honours: 1866 GB, 1871 KCSI.

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