SIR

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• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM

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• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

STEPHEN

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• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

ALEXANDER

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• LOCKHART, JOHN GIBSON (1794–1854)
• LOCKHART, QEORGE (1673-1731)
• SIR WILLIAM STEPHEN ALEXANDER LOCKHART (1841–1900)

LOCKHART (1841–1900)  , British general, was born in Scotland on the 2nd of September 1841, his father being a Lanarkshire clergyman . He entered the Indian army in i858, in the Bengal native infantry . He served in the Indian Mutiny, the Bhutan campaign (1864–66), the Abyssinian expedition (1867–68; mentioned in despatches), the Hazara Black Mountain expedition (1868–69; mentioned in despatches) . From 1869 to 1879 he acted as deputy-assistant and assistant quartermaster-general in Bengal . In 1877 he was military attache with the Dutch army in Acheen . He served in the Afghan War of 1878–8o, was mentioned in despatches and made a C.B., and from 188o to 1885 was D.Q.G. in the intelligence branch at headquarters . He commanded a brigade in the Third Burmese War (1886–87), and was made K.C.B.,C.S.I., and received the thanks of the government . An attack of fever brought him to England, where he was employed as assistant military secretary for Indian affairs; but in 1890 he returned to India to take command of the Punjab frontier force, and for five years was engaged in various expeditions against the hill tribes . After the Waziristan campaign in 1894–95 he was made K.C.S.I . He became full general in 1896, and in 1897 he was given the command against the Afridis and Mohmands, and conducted the difficult Tirah campaign with great skill . He was made G.C.B., and in 1898 became commander-in-chief in India . He died on the 18th of March 'goo .

Sir William Lockhart was not only a first-rate soldier, but also had a great gift for dealing with the native tribesmen . Among the latter he had the sobriquet of Amir Sahib, on account of their respect and affection for him .