Dictionary of Indian Biography/Anson, Hon. Augustus Henry Archibald
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ANSON, HON. AUGUSTUS HENRY ARCHIBALD (1835–77)
Younger brother of the Earl of Lichfield : born 1835 : entered the Army 1853, in the Rifle Brigade : in the Crimea : joined the 84th regt. : in the mutiny, was A.D.C. to Sir J. Hope Grant : wounded at the siege of Delhi : at Bulandshahr deserved his V.C, and gained it as a Captain at the capture of the Sikandarbagh on Sir Colin Campbell's relief of Lucknow, Nov. 16, 1857 : died Nov. 17, 1877.