Dictionary of Indian Biography/Coghlan, Sir William M.

by Charles Edward Buckland

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COGHLAN, SIR WILLIAM M. (1803–1885)

General : son of Captain J. Coghlan, C.B., R.N. : joined the Artillery in India, 1820 : in the Kolapur Field Force, 1826–7 : Brig- Major of Artillery in Sind and Afghanistan in 1838–40 : at Ghazni Kabul, Kandahar, capture of Kelat : Political Resident and Commandant at Aden, 1854–63 : he carried out, 1856–7, the occupation of Perim (previously taken possession of in 1799) as suggested by Lord Elphinstone (q.v.) : commanded against Arabs, 1858 : stormed the fort of Shekh Othmar : K.C.B., 1864 : died Nov. 25, 1885.