Dictionary of Indian Biography/Borton, Sir Arthur

by Charles Edward Buckland

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BORTON, SIR ARTHUR (1814–1893)

Son of the Rev. J. D. Borton: born Jan. 20, 1814: educated at Eton: entered the Army, 1832, rose to be General, 1877: went to India in 1835, served in the Afghanistan campaign of 1842 under General Pollock: was at Tezin, in the Kohistan, and at Istalif on Sep. 29: in the battles of the Satlaj campaign of 1845–6: in the Crimea: C.B.: in Canada: commanded the Mysore Division of the Madras Army, 1870–5: K.C.B.: Governor and C. in C. of Malta in 1877: G.C.M.G., 1880: G.C.B., 1884: died Sep. 7, 1893.