Career
He received his commission as Ensign in the 10th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry 3 December 1827, and sailed for India on the 27th of the same month. He was promoted Lieutenant 29 August 1835, and that year appointed Adjutant of his regiment, which post he held for nine years. He also passed the Fort William College at Calcutta as interpreter in three languages. Like many of the distinguished Indian officers, he was unlucky in promotion, and was over twenty years a subaltern, obtaining his captaincy 28 March 1848 ; he had however long before this seen his first active service.
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