Dictionary of Indian Biography/Beckwith, Sir Thomas Sydney
BECKWITH, SIR THOMAS SYDNEY (1772–1831)
Son of Maj-General J. Beckwith: joined the 71st regt. in India in 1791, then under Col. D. Baird (q.v.): was at the siege of Seringapatam by Lord Cornwallis in 1792 and the taking of Pondicherry by Baird in 1793: served also in Ceylon, at Copenhagen, at Hanover, in Denmark, the Peninsula, Canada: Maj-General and K.C.B., 1814: Lt-General, 1830: was appointed C. in C. at Bombay in 1829: died of fever at Mahableshwar, Jan. 19, 1831.