Dictionary of Indian Biography/Anquetil, Thomas John

by Charles Edward Buckland

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ANQUETIL, THOMAS JOHN (1781–1842)

Native of Jersey : entered the Army, 1803 : served in the Mahratta campaign, attached to the Light Brigade, commanded the Pioneer Corps, the 57th N.I., and the 44th N.I. successively : Adjutant-General of General Stevenson's force in the Shekhawati campaign : D.A.G. : commanded the Oudh Contingent as Brigadier : Inspecting Officer of all the Contingents : as a Lt-Colonel and Brigadier commanded Shah Shuja's army : in the retreat from Kabul was killed at Jagdalak on Jan. 12, 1842.