Dictionary of Indian Biography/Capon, Sir David

by Charles Edward Buckland

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CAPON, SIR DAVID (1793–1869)

Born in Bombay, 1793 : educated in England: entered the E. I. Co.'s military service, 1809 : joined the Bombay N.I., 1810 : in the Palampur expedition, 1813 : in the Konkan, 1817 : commanded troops at Aden, 1838 : twice attacked by large bodies of Arabs : commanded a Brigade of the Bombay Army at the siege of Multan, 1848–9 : in the subsequent pursuit of the Sikhs : K.C.B., 1862 : General, 1868 : died Dec. 17, 1869.