Edward Harbord Lushington , of Brackenhurst, Cobham, Surrey, late bengal C.S., J.P.Issue. Memorials of Old Haileybury College No. 684 Surname Lushington Christian Names Edward Harbord Dates at Haileybury 1838-40 4th Term Persian Medal Presidency Bengal Career in India 1840-71 Annuitant 1871 Other notes [May be identical with no. 1850] Final Appointment 1 Financial Secretary to Government of India Mutiny Service Was Commissioner of the Burdwan Division in Bengal, to which the districts of Purulia and Singbhoom, in Chutia Nagpore, were attached for the time. These were in a state of anarchy, and before they could be reduced to order the Shekhawattee Battalion and a detachment of Sikhs had many more or less severe engagements. Lushington was present at most of these, and in one was wounded.
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