Dictionary of Indian Biography/Brooke, Sir George
BROOKE, SIR GEORGE (1793–1882)
Born 1793: son of Henry Brooke: educated at the R.M.A., Woolwich: entered the Royal Artillery, 1808: saw service in Bundelkund, 1809–10: in the Nipal war, 1815–6: and in the Mahratta war, 1817: present at the sieges of Hatras and Bhartpur; in the battles of the Satlaj campaign, 1845–6: Brigadier in the Panjab in 1848: commanded Horse Artillery at Chilianwala and Gujarat: C.B., 1849: K.C.B., 1867: General, 1870: retired, 1877: died Dec. 31, 1882.