Three letters, dated 1857, received by Maj-Gen (later Sir) John Bennet Hearsey (1793-1865), Bengal Army 1807, Divisional Commander at Barrackpore 1857, from Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Massy Wheeler, Divisional Commander at Cawnpore (22 Mar), Lord Canning (30 M... 1857

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Three letters, dated 1857, received by Maj-Gen (later Sir) John Bennet Hearsey (1793-1865), Bengal Army 1807, Divisional Commander at Barrackpore 1857, from Maj-Gen Sir Hugh Massy Wheeler, Divisional Commander at Cawnpore (22 Mar), Lord Canning (30 M... 1857

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Hearsey, John Bennet, Sir, Lieutenant-General

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Epithet: Lieutenant-General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001244.0x00020a ...

Canning, Charles John, 1812-1862

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First Vice-Roy of India. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Sir Henry Yule, 1859 Apr. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133453 Governor General of India during the Mutiny. From the description of Letters, 1857 April 4 and 20. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62684687 1836-1837 MP for Warwick; 1837 entered House of Lords as Viscount Canning of Kilbrahan; 1841-1845 under-secretary of s...

Birch, Richard James Holwell, Sir, 1803-1875, Knight, army officer in India

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1821-1823 ensign, Bengal native infantry; 1823-1824 student Trinity College, Cambridge; 1824 resumed army career; deputy judge-advocate-general, Meerut; assistant secretary, military department, Calcutta; 1841 judge-advocate general, Bengal; 1845-1846 served in the First Anglo-Sikh War; c 1845 lieutenant colonel; 1849 served in the Second Anglo-Sikh War and was made a CB; 1850 served as a brigadier-general at Kohat Pass; 1852-1861 secretary, the military department, the Indian gover...