Valentine Blacker | |
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| Born | 19 October 1778 Armagh, Kingdom of Ireland |
| Died | 4 February 1826 (aged 47) Calcutta, British India |
| Buried | South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta |
| Allegiance | .svg){kind=small} East India Company |
| Branch | Army |
| Years of service | 1798–1826 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Unit | 1st Madras Native Cavalry[1] |
| Campaigns | Third Anglo-Maratha War[2] |
| Awards | Companion of Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath[3] |
| Other work | Surveyor General of India |
Lieutenant Colonel Valentine Blacker CB (19 October 1778[4] – 4 February 1826,[5][6] was an officer in the Honourable East India Company's Madras Army, and later Surveyor General of India.
- ^ The Viscount Sidmouth (1969). "The Career of Colonel Valentine Blacker, C.B." Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. 47 (191 Autumn). Society for Army Historical Research: 165–168 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
blackerwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Whitehall, October 14, 1818". The London Gazette. No. 17409. 17 October 1818. p. 1851.
- ^ Burke, John (1835). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank. Vol. 2. R. Bentley for Henry Colburn.
- ^ Holmes and Co., Calcutta (1851). The Bengal Obituary; or, a Record to Perpetuate the Memory of Departed Worth: Being a Compilation of Tablets and Monumental Inscriptions from Various Parts of the Bengal and Agra Presidencies, to which is added Biographical Sketches and Memoirs of Such as have Pre-Eminently Distinguished Themselves in the History of British India, Since the Formation of the European Settlement to the Present Time. London/Calcutta: W. Thacker. pp. 208–209.
- ^ Some sources give 1823 or 1827, e.g. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. Vol. 1. (1847). His grave marker gives 4 February 1826