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MEREWETHER, SIR WILLIAM LOCKYER, brother of Edward Christopher Merewether (qv); b. 6 Feb 1825; adm. from King’s Coll. Sch. 30 Sep 1834; QS 1838; left 1840; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1841; Ensign, 21st Native Infantry 26 Sep 1841; Lieut., 4 Apr 1843; attached Scinde Irregular Horse 1 Mar 1846; served Scinde campaign 1843, Sikh war 1848-9; Lieut., 3rd Bombay European Regt., 15 Nov 1853; Capt., 23 Nov 1856; Brevet Maj., 28 Nov 1856; Col. commandant, Scinde Irregular Horse 22 Feb 1859; CB 18 May 1860; Maj., Bombay Staff Corps 18 Mar 1861; Military Secretary, Government of Bombay 1861; Political Resident, Aden 1865; commanded reconnoitring force in Abyssinian campaign 1867; Chief Commissioner, Scinde Jun 1867; KCSI 24 Aug 1868; returned to England 1876; member, Council of India, from 1 Nov 1877; m. 15 Sep 1853 Harriet, youngest dau. of John Dale, Coleshill, Warwicks.; d. 4 Oct 1880. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.