See also:SIR See also:- 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 See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY See also:SLEEMAN (1788-1856)
, See also:Indian soldier and See also:administrator, was See also:born at Stratton, See also:Cornwall, on the 8th of See also:August 1788
.
He was the son of See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Sleeman, See also:yeoman and supervisor of See also:excise
.
In 1809 he joined the See also:Bengal See also:army, served in the See also:Nepal See also:War(1814-1816), and in 182o became assistant to the See also:governor-See also:general's See also:agent in the See also:Saugor and See also:Nerbudda
territories
.
He is best known for his suppression of the See also:Thugs or religious murderers in See also:India, becoming See also:superintendent of the operations against them in 1835, and See also:commissioner for the suppression of Thuggi and Dacoity in 1839
.
During these operations more than 1400 Thugs were hanged or transported for See also:life, one of whom confessed to having committed over 700 murders
.
Detection was only possible by means of informers, for whose See also:protection from the vengeance of their associates a See also:special See also:gaol was established at See also:Jubbulpore
.
Sleeman was See also:resident at See also:Gwalior 1843-1849, and at See also:Lucknow 1849-1856
.
He was opposed to the See also:annexation of Oudh by See also:Lord See also:Dalhousie, but his See also:advice was disregarded
.
He died at See also:sea on his way See also:home on the loth of See also:February 1856
.
See See also:Sir H
.
Sleeman, Rambles and Recollections of an Indian See also:Official (1844; and edition, 1893), and A See also:Journey through Oudh (1858)
.
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