Chesney, George Tomkyns, 1830-1895
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General. Went to India in 1850.
From the description of Notes, 1892 July 9 and Dec. 19 (189-?). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122600780
1848 second lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers; 1854 lieutenant; 1856 assistant principal of the Thomason Civil Engineering College, Roorkee; 1857 staff officer to chief engineer, served in Indian Mutiny; 1858 brevet major; late 1850s principal of Civil Engineering College, Fort William; 1860-1867 head of public works accounts department; 1867-?1869 on furlough; 1869 brevet lieutenant colonel; 1871-1880 principal of Royal Indian Civil Engineering College, Staines; 1874 lieutenant-colonel; 1877 brevet colonel; 1868-1875 publication of books on India and military issues; 1880 secretary to the military department of the government of India; 1883 CSI; 1884 colonel; 1886 major-general, CIE; 1886-1891 military member of the governor general's council; 1887 lieutnant-general, CB; 1890 knighthood, colonel-commandant of Royal Engineers; 1892 general, director of the East India Railway Company, director of the Agra Bank
Epithet: army officer and author
Title: Knight
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- China, Asia (as recorded)
- Pondicherry, India (as recorded)
- Pishin, Baluchistan (as recorded)
- Madagascar, Africa (as recorded)
- Newfoundland, Canada (as recorded)
- Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
- Baluchistan, Pakistan (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Turkey, Asia minor (as recorded)
- Mysore State, India (as recorded)
- Kathiawar, Western India (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Birmingham, Warwickshire (as recorded)
- Sawantwadi State, India (as recorded)
- Sino-Burmese Boundary, Asia (as recorded)
- North-West Frontier, India (as recorded)
- Khyber Pass, Afghanistan (as recorded)
- Ladysmith, South Africa (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
- Toulon, Var (as recorded)
- Mauritius, Africa (as recorded)
- Chin Hills, Burma (as recorded)
- Sudan, Africa (as recorded)
- Kabul, Afghanistan (as recorded)
- Hyderabad State, India (as recorded)
- Burma, Asia (as recorded)
- St Petersburg, Russia (as recorded)
- Maiwand, Afghanistan (as recorded)
- Nicholson's Nek, South Africa (as recorded)
- Canada, North America (as recorded)
- Bombay, India (as recorded)
- South Africa, Africa (as recorded)
- Singapore, Asia (as recorded)
- Afghanistan, Asia (as recorded)
- Berbera, Somalia (as recorded)
- Madras, India (as recorded)
- Russia, Europe, Asia (as recorded)
- Majuba Hill, South Africa (as recorded)
- Kandahar, Afghanistan (as recorded)
- Sudan, Africa (as recorded)
- Burma, Asia (as recorded)
- Travancore State, India (as recorded)
- Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
- Chelsea, Middlesex (as recorded)
- Madras, India (as recorded)
- Cochin State, India (as recorded)
- Aden, Yemen (as recorded)
- Calcutta, India (as recorded)
- Bombay, India (as recorded)
- Salem, Madras (as recorded)
- Somali Coast, Africa (as recorded)
- Charasia, Afghanistan (as recorded)
- Afghanistan, Asia (as recorded)
- Sind, India (as recorded)
- Gibraltar, Europe (as recorded)
- Africa, Africa (as recorded)
