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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referencedIn RIPON PAPERS. Vol. CXVI (ff. 230). Letters from Colonel Allen Bayard Johnson (General 1892, K.C.B. 1889), Military Secretary to the Govemment of India; 1880, 1881. Followed (ff. 52-230) by correspondence with his successor, Lieutenant-General Sir Geo..., 1881-1890 British Library
referencedIn Vol. I, 1837-1870.British Museum: Applications, etc., for Reading Room tickets: 1824-1881.: Partly printed.includes:f. 1 British Museum: Reading Room ticket: 1824.: Printed.f. 2 Charles Frederick Barnwell, FRS; FSA: Letter to Sir H. Ellis: 1837.f..., 1837-1870 British Library
creatorOf DYKES CAMPBELL LETTERS. Vol. V (ff. 273). Letters, etc., to Campbell, with a few to his wife, to F. J. Furnivall, and others; 1859-1894, n.d. A letter of George Bernard Shaw, 5 May 1884 (f. 38), is printed in his Collected Letters, 1874-1897, ed. Dan..., 1859-1894 British Library
referencedIn DILKE PAPERS. Vol. LXXII (ff. 240). (1) Defence; 1888-1910. Included (f. 13) is the draft of a joint letter, 12 Feb. 1894, from Dilke and others to W. E. Gladstone and other political leaders (cf. S. L. Gwynn and G. M. Tuckwell, Life, ii, PP. 416-419..., 1878-1910 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Field Marshal Sir George White, British Army 1853-1912, C-inC, India 1893-98, 1845-1912 British Library
creatorOf Chesney, George Tomkyns, 1830-1895. Notes, 1892 July 9 and Dec. 19 (189-?). University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn Vol. XLI (ff. 309). 1887-1890.includes:f. 2 Countess Walburga Ehrengarde Helena de Paget,; née Hohenthal; wife of Sir A B Paget: Memorandum, rel. to socialists in South Austria, by: 1887.f. 2 Franz Josef I; Emperor of Austria: Memorandum by Lady ..., 1887-1890 British Library
referencedIn Vol. XL (ff. 205). July 1884-Dec. 1886.includes:f. 1 Alphonse Daudet, French novelist: Page of his 'Sappho' with inscription by: 1884.f. 3 Frederick Locker-Lampson, formerly Locker; poet: Letter to Sir C. Dilke: 1884.f. 5 Arthur James Richens ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CCCLXXIX (ff. 280). May 20-June 1880.includes:ff. 1, 151 John Alexander Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1877-1883. f. 3 Sir George Bowyer, 7th Baronet: Correspondence with W. E. Gladstone: 1854-1880. ff. 5, 3... British Library
referencedIn Papers of Sir Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken, as Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India 1883-1909, 1883-1909 British Library
referencedIn Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895, recipient. Letters from various correspondents, 1870-1879 Houghton Library
referencedIn Grant Duff, Mountstuart Elphinstone, Sir, 1829-1906. Grant Duff Collection, 1852-1916 British Library
creatorOf Perry, Charles, 1807-1891. Lectures. [2]. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Papers of Sir James Fergusson as Governor of Bombay 1880-85, 1880-1885 British Library
referencedIn Vol. XXXVI (ff. 383). 1855-1873.includes:f. 1 Jasper Joseph Milner-Gibson, soli of T Milner-Gibson, MP: Joint letter to Sir C. Dilke: 1855.f. 1 Sydney Isabella Milner-Gibson, daughter of Thomas Milner-Gibson: Joint letter to Sir C. Dilke: 1855.f..., 1855-1873 British Library
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Death 1895-03-31

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