Sir Proby Thomas Cautley papers. 1864-1866
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Cautley, Proby T. (Proby Thomas), Sir, 1802-1871
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1818-1819 Addiscombe College; 1819 commissioned second lieutenant; 1825-1830 worked on the reconstruction of the Doab Canal; 1831-1843 superintendent of canals in the North-Western Provinces; 1837-1841 designed several canals in the Dehra Dun region; 1830s fossil expeditions in the Siwalik hills; 1836-1854 supervision of the building of the Ganges canal; 1848 established college of engineering, Roorkee; 1845-1847 furlough; 1846 elected to Royal Society; 1854 knighthood, honorary col...
Cotton, Arthur, Sir, 1803-1899
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1819 commissioned in the Madras engineers; 1819-1821 served with the Ordnance Survey at Bangor and the engineer depot at Chatham; 1822 surveyor of the Pamban Channel; 1824 served in the First Anglo-Burmese War; 1828-? 1837 in charge of Cauvery and Coleroon Dams project; 1845-? 1852 in charge of Godavari Dams project; 1861 knighthood; 1866 KCSI; 1877 retired from the army with the rank of general. Epithet: army officer and irrigation engineer Title: Knight ...