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SIR JOHN EARDLEY WILMOT INGLIS (1814-...

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 565 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:JOHN EARDLEY See also:WILMOT See also:INGLIS (1814-1862)  , See also:British See also:major-See also:general, was See also:born in Nova See also:Scotia on the 15th of See also:November 1814 . His See also:father was the third, and his grandfather the first, See also:bishop of that See also:colony . In 1833 he joined the 32nd See also:Foot, in which all his regimental service was passed . In 1837 he saw active service in See also:Canada, and in 1848-1849 in the See also:Punjab, being in command at the storming of Mooltan and at the See also:battle of See also:Gujrat . In 18J7, on the outbreak of the See also:Indian See also:Mutiny, he was in command of his See also:regiment at See also:Lucknow . See also:Sir See also:Henry See also:Lawrence being mortally wounded during the See also:siege of the residency, See also:Inglis took command of the See also:garrison, and maintained a successful See also:defence for 87 days against an overwhelming force . He was promoted to major-general and made K.C.B . After further active service in See also:India, he was, in 186o, given command of the British troops in the Ionian Islands . He died at See also:Hamburg on the 27th of See also:September 1862 .

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