Dictionary of Indian Biography/Ardagh, Sir John Charles
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ARDAGH, SIR JOHN CHARLES (1840–)
Maj -General, R.E.: educated at Trinity College, Dublin: entered the Royal Engineers in April, 1859: passed the Staff College: his services in Europe, on frontier commissions, and in Africa on military campaigns, have been distinguished: in India he was Private Secretary to the Marquis of Lansdowne, Governor-General and Viceroy, from Dec, 1888, to Jan., 1894, and also to the Earl of Elgin, in the same appointment, Jan. to April, 1894: is C.B. (Civil 1878, Military 1884): C.I.E. (1892): K.C.I.E. (1894): K.C.M.G. (1902): also Hon. LL.D. of Trinity College, Dublin.