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1770 23rd Oct. Born at Dalhousie Castle, Midlothian 1788 Cornet in 3rd Dragoons 1791 Captain in 1st Foot (Royal Scots) 1792 June. Major in 2nd Foot 1793 Commanded 2nd in Martinique 1794 Aug. Lieutenant-Colonel 1795 Severely wounded at Martinique 1798 Irish Rebellion 1799 Flanders campaign 1800 Brevet Colonel 1801 Egypt 1803 Brigadier-General on the staff, in Scotland 1805 April. Major General 1813 Commanded 7th Division in Peninsula 1813 3rd and 7th Divisions at Battle of Vittoria 1813 Lieutenant-General 1813 21st May. Colonel of 26th Cameronians 1815 Created Baron Dalhousie 1816 Governor of Nova Scotia 1820 Governor-General of British North America 1829 Commander-in-Chief of India up to 1832 1838 Died on 21st March 1847 His son James, 10th Earl of Dalhousie, became the youngest ever Governor-General of India. |
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