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SIR HARRY BURNETT LUMSDEN (1821-1896)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 123 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR HARRY See also:BURNETT See also:LUMSDEN (1821-1896)  , Anglo-See also:Indian soldier, son of See also:Colonel See also:Thomas See also:Lumsden, C.B., was See also:born on the 12th of See also:November 1821 . He joined the 59th See also:Bengal Native See also:Infantry in 1838, was See also:present at the forcing of the Khyber Pass in 1842, and went through the first and second See also:Sikh See also:wars, being wounded at See also:Sobraon . Having become assistant to See also:Sir See also:Henry See also:Lawrence at See also:Lahore in 1846, he was appointed in 1847 to raise the See also:Corps of Guides . The See also:object of this corps, composed of See also:horse and See also:foot, was to provide trustworthy men to See also:act as guides to troops in the See also:field, and also to collect intelligence beyond as well as within the See also:North-See also:West frontier of See also:India . The See also:regiment was located at Mardan on the See also:Peshawar border, and has become one of the most famous in the Indian See also:army . For the equipment of this corps, Lumsden originated the See also:khaki See also:uniform . In 1857 he was sent on a See also:mission to See also:Kandahar with his younger See also:brother, Sir See also:Peter Lumsden, in connexion with the See also:subsidy paid by the Indian See also:government to the See also:amir, and was in See also:Afghanistan throughout the See also:Mutiny . He took See also:part in the Waziri Expedition of 1860, was in command of the See also:Hyderabad Contingent from 1862, and See also:left India in 1869 . He became See also:lieutenant-See also:general in 1875, and died on the 12th of See also:August 1896 . See Sir Peter Lumsden and See also:George Elsmie, Lumsden of the Guides (1899) . ' The "See also:cock-padle " was formerly esteemed also in See also:Scotland, and figures in the See also:Antiquary, See also:chap. xi .

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