Avitable, Paolo Crescenzo Martino Administrator of Wazirabad (1791-1850) A Neapolitan soldier of fortune who, starting life as a private gunner, succeeded in obtaining high ranks in two widely separated Asiatic armies of Persia and Punjab, ...
Allard, Jean Francois Military Advisor to Maharaja Runjeet Singh (1785-1839) Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, an order instituted in 1802 by Napoleon I, was born at Saint-Tropez, France, on 8 March 1785. In 1803, ...
Agnew, Patrick A civil servant under the East India Company (1822-1848) He was the son of Lt-Col Patrick Vans Agnew, an East India Company director. Agnew joined the Bengal civil service in March 1841. In ...