Nicholson, John, 1821-1857, army officer in India

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1839 ensign, 41st native infantry, Bengal army; 1839 27th native infantry, Ferozepore; 1839-1842 served in First Anglo-Afghan War; 1843 adjutant, 27th native infantry; 1845-1846 served in First Anglo-Sikh War; 1845 appointed to the commissariat; 1846 assistant to the resident at Lahore; 1848 captain; 1848-1849 served in Second Anglo-Sikh War; 1849 brevet-major; 1849 deputy commissioner to the Lahore board; 1850-1851 furlough in Europe; 1851-1856 administrative officer at Bannu; 1857 brevet lieutenant-colonel; 1857 brigadier general; 1857 served in the Punjab during Indian Mutiny.

Epithet: army officer in India

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referencedIn Hugh Rees James papers., 1840-1865 British Library
creatorOf John Nicholson papers., 1857 British Library
referencedIn General Sir Charles Patton Keyes, Madras Army: correspondence, 1804-1898 British Library
referencedIn Henry Parlett Bishop papers., 1857-1859 British Library
referencedIn Lloyd Collection: papers on European cemeteries in India and biographical information on British in India, 1930-1958 British Library
referencedIn LETTERS OF MAJ.-GEN. THOMAS HARDWICKE, the zoologist; 1804-1828, as follows:-(1) Letters (14) to Sir James Edward Smith, M.D., F.R.S., the botanist; 1 June 1804-12 Jan. 1818. Copies, made from Linnaean Society Smith MS. 22, ff. 129-159b, by the dono..., 1804-1828 British Library
referencedIn Saunders Collection: official, demi-official and private correspondence of Charles Burslem Saunders, Bengal Civil Service 1843-78, and of his wife Matilda, including material relating to the Indian Mutiny, the siege of Delhi, and their life in Berar ..., 1857-1875 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Brig-Gen John Nicholson, Bengal Army 1839-57, General Sir James Abbott, Bengal Artillery 1823-53; and of their biographer Evelyn Werge Thomas (1891-1975), and other members of the Thomas family, 1746-1972 British Library
referencedIn Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes papers., 1864-1866 British Library
referencedIn Papers and Correspondence of Sir Herbert Edwardes, Bengal Army 1841-68, Commissioner of Peshawar 1853-59, 1847-1858 British Library
referencedIn Printed translation of Punjabi ballad on the death of John Nicholson recently sung in the streets of Delhi., 1857 British Library
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Attock, Pakistan
Punjab, India
Hazara, North-West Frontier Province
Maymyo, Burma
Russia, Europe, Asia
Delhi, India
Khanate of Khiva, Uzbekistan
Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province
Bannu, North-West Frontier Province
Central Asia, Asia
Burma, Asia
Hyderabad State, India
Kalat State, Pakistan
Herat, Afghanistan
Lucknow, India
North-West Frontier, India
Bareilly, United Provinces
Sind, India
Toungoo District, Burma
Delhi, India
Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province
Delhi, India
Multan, Punjab
Delhi, India
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Death 1857

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