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<p> A noted leader during the Indian Mutiny; joined the Indian Army in 1845, fought through the first Sikh War, and subsequently held a civil post in the Punjab; on the outbreak of the Mutiny he became head of the [[Intelligence]] Department, and won celebrity as the daring but wild leader of an irregular cavalry regiment known as Hodson's Horse; he took part in the sieges of Delhi, and at [[Lucknow]] captured the Mogul Emperor; shot down with his own hand the young princes, and a few months later fell himself while storming a palace in the city (1821-1858). </p> | <p> A noted leader during the Indian Mutiny; joined the Indian Army in 1845, fought through the first Sikh War, and subsequently held a civil post in the Punjab; on the outbreak of the Mutiny he became head of the [[Intelligence]] Department, and won celebrity as the daring but wild leader of an irregular cavalry regiment known as Hodson's Horse; he took part in the sieges of Delhi, and at [[Lucknow]] captured the Mogul Emperor; shot down with his own hand the young princes, and a few months later fell himself while storming a palace in the city (1821-1858). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_74805"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/hodson,+major+william Major William Hodson from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_74805"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/hodson,+major+william Major William Hodson from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:31, 15 October 2021
Major William Hodson [1]
A noted leader during the Indian Mutiny; joined the Indian Army in 1845, fought through the first Sikh War, and subsequently held a civil post in the Punjab; on the outbreak of the Mutiny he became head of the Intelligence Department, and won celebrity as the daring but wild leader of an irregular cavalry regiment known as Hodson's Horse; he took part in the sieges of Delhi, and at Lucknow captured the Mogul Emperor; shot down with his own hand the young princes, and a few months later fell himself while storming a palace in the city (1821-1858).
