Dictionary of Indian Biography/Cherry, George Frederick
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CHERRY, GEORGE FREDERICK (1761–1799)
B.C.S. : son of George Cherry : born 1761 : entered the Bengal Civil Service, 1778 : accompanied Lord Cornwallis as his Persian Secretary to Madras, where, in 1792, peace was made with Tippoo at Seringapatam : Cherry's picture of Tippoo is at the India Office : appointed Resident at Benares, 1793 : there murdered by Wazir Ali, the reputed son of the late Nawab Asaf-ud-daula of Oudh, on Jan. 14, 1799.