George Cornish Whitlock
Lieutenant-General Sir George Cornish Whitlock (1798–1868) was a British Madras Army officer, who commanded the Madras Column (also called the Saugor and Nerbudda field force) during the Indian Mutiny.[1][2][3]
He was colonel of the 108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry) from 1862 to his death.
He was baptised on 3 August 1803 at Ottery St Mary, Devon, son of George & Charlotte.
He married Harriet daughter of Sir Samuel Toller on 19 February 1825 in Bangalore, Madras, India.
He died aged 69 on Thursday 30 January 1868 at Exmouth, Devon.
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Notes
- ^ Low 1880, pp. 105–125.
- ^ Dodwell 1929, p. 202.
- ^ Forrest 2001, p. 81.
References
- Forrest, G.W. (2001), The Indian Mutiny 1857-58 (illustrated ed.), Asian Educational Services, p. 81, ISBN 8120615514
- Low, Charles Rathbone (1880), Soldiers of the Victorian age, Chapman and Hall, pp. 105–125 online copy: Lieutenant-General Sir George Cornish Whitlock, K.C.B., www.archerfamily.org.uk, 1 September 2008, archived from the original on 13 November 2013, retrieved 1 March 2013
- Dodwell, Henry Herbert, ed. (1929), The Cambridge History of the British Empire: British India, 1497-1858, vol. 4, CUP Archive, p. 202
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