The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Biddulph, Colonel John
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Biddulph, John, Colonel: born, 1840: son of Robert Biddulph, of Ledbury; educated at Westminister: entered the Bengal Cavalry, 1858: served in the mutiny: joined the Indian Staff Corps; A.D.C. to Lord Northbrook when Viceroy, 1872-6: Member of the Mission to Yarkand, 1878-4: employed on a secret mission to countries beyond Gilgit, 1877; acting A.G.G. Beluchistan, May-Nov., 1882; Political Agent, Bhowar, 1882; Haraoti and Tonk, 1886: Resident and Commissioner, Ajmir, 1890; Officiating Agent, Beluchistan, 1891; acting Resident, Gwalior, 1892; Resident at Baroda, 1893: reverted to military duty, 1895; Publications: Tribes of the Hindu Kush, 1880; The Nineteenth and their Times, 1899; Stringer Lawrence, 1901.