Valentine Blacker

Valentine Blacker

Born(1778-10-19)19 October 1778
Armagh, Kingdom of Ireland
Died4 February 1826(1826-02-04) (aged 47)
Calcutta, British India
Buried
Allegiance East India Company
BranchArmy
Years of service1798–1826
RankLieutenant Colonel
Unit1st Madras Native Cavalry[1]
CampaignsThird Anglo-Maratha War[2]
AwardsCompanion of Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath[3]
Other workSurveyor 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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference blacker was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Whitehall, October 14, 1818". The London Gazette. No. 17409. 17 October 1818. p. 1851.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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