Dictionary of Indian Biography/Coke, Sir John

by Charles Edward Buckland

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COKE, SIR JOHN (1806–1897)

Maj-General : son of the Rev. F. Coke : born 1806 : entered [E.I. Co.'s Service, 1823 : served in the loth Bengal N.I. : raised the 1st Panjab Infantry at Peshawar, 1849 : commanded it till 1858 : in the Indian mutiny was in 14 engagements, including the siege of Delhi : Sheriff of Herefordshire, 1879 : died Dec. 18, 1897 : K.C.B.