Dictionary of Indian Biography/Baigrie, Robert

by Charles Edward Buckland

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BAIGRIE, ROBERT ( ? –1877)

Colonel: son of John Baigrie: joined the E. I. Co.'s Bombay Infantry, 1848: served in the Panjab campaign, 1848–9: at Multan, Gujarat, the pursuit and surrender of the Sikhs, the occupation of Peshawar: at the siege of Sebastopol, 1855: in the Persian war, 1856–7: at the Khushab, Muhamra, Ahwaz: in Sir H. Rose's force in the mutiny: Bombay Staff Corps, 1861: A.Q.M.G. at Mhow, 1865: and in Abyssinia, 1867–8: Brevet Lt-Colonel: Q.M.G. of the Bombay Army: C.B., 1873: died at Poona, Sep. 25, 1877: an accomplished artist.