Dictionary of Indian Biography/Conway, Thomas Henry Somerset

by Charles Edward Buckland

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CONWAY, THOMAS HENRY SOMERSET ( ? –1837)

Brig-General entered the E. I. Co.'s military service in 1793 : reached Madras, 1795 : in the expedition to Ceylon, 1796 : in that to Manilla, 1797 : in several campaigns : in Mysore, 1799 : in the Ceded Districts, 1801–2 : Mahratta war, 1803–6 : under Sir T. Hislop, 1815 : in the Pindari war, 1817–8 : Adjutant-General of the Madras Army, from 1809 : C.B., 1819 : employed on a military mission to Bengal, 1828–30 : appointed to command the Hyderabad Subsidiary Force : died of cholera. May 14, 1837.