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Biddulph, John, 1840-1921
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1840-1921
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BIDDULPH, JOHN, third son of Robert Biddulph MP, Ledbury, Herefs., and Elizabeth, dau. of George Palmer MP, Nazeing Park, Essex; brother of Michael Biddulph, 1st Baron Biddulph; b. 25 Jul 1840; adm. 5 Jul 1853 (James'); Cadet, EICS Bengal, 1858; Cornet, unattached, 20 Jan 1858; arrived in India 4 Mar 1858; Cornet, 5th Bengal Cavalry, 20 Jan 1858; Lieut., 18 May 1858; 19th Hussars, 30 Jul 1862; Capt., 1 Nov 1871; ADC to Viceroy of India May 1872 - Mar 1877; half-pay 15 Aug 1877; Bengal Staff Corps, 19 Sep 1877; Brevet Maj., 8 Dec 1877; Lieut. -Col., 24 Feb 1884; Col., 24 Feb 1888; served Indian Mutiny 1858-9; employed on special duty as member of mission to Yarkand 1873-4, on secret mission to countries beyond Gilgit 1876, and on special duty in Gilgit Sep 1877; Political Agent at courts of various Indian princes 1882-95; reverted to Military Dept., Jul 1895; on unemployed supernumary list, 25 Jul 1897; retired to England; JP (1906) Surrey; author, The Tribes of the Hindu Kush, 1880, and other works; m. 1882 Julia Errington, dau. of Sir Ranald Martin CB FRS; d. 31 Dec 1921.
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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.