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'''Brigadier-General John Jacob CB (1812 – 1858)''' was an officer of the British East India Company who went to India in 1828 with a commission in the [[Bombay Artillery]].  
'''Brigadier-General John Jacob CB (1812 – 1858)''' was an officer of the British [[East India Company]] who went to India in 1828 with a commission in the [[Bombay Artillery]]. He served in the [[1st Afghan War]] in the artillery and then commanded the [[Scinde Horse]] creating a second regiment which was called [[Jacob's Horse]]. He was political officer in the [[North West Frontier Province|Northwest Frontier]] and the town of [[Jacobabad]] was named after him. As a Brigadier-General he commanded the cavalry in the [[Persian War]]. He returned to the North West Frontier and raised two regiments of infantry. He died of a fever in 1858.


== External links ==
== External links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/325/mode/1up Sir James Outram] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/219/mode/1up John Jacob] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_James_Outram,_1st_Baronet Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet] Wikipedia<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_(East_India_Company_officer) John Jacob] Wikipedia<br />


==== Historical books on-line ====
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zIBDAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=James+Outram&hl=en&ei=LHW9TbrTF8u38QOpq6XBBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Lieut-General Sir James Outram's Persian Campaign in 1857''] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=F9q1AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Lieut.-general+sir+James+Outram's+campaign+in+India,+1857-1858,&hl=en&ei=k3W9TaSzBcnNswa9u8j8BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Lieut.-General Sir James Outram's campaign in India, 1857-1858''] Google Books<br>


[[Category:British Military commanders|Outram, James]]
[[Category:British Military commanders|Jacob, John]]
[[Category:People|Outram, James]]
[[Category:People|Jacob, John]]

Revision as of 18:03, 6 September 2011

Brigadier-General John Jacob CB (1812 – 1858) was an officer of the British East India Company who went to India in 1828 with a commission in the Bombay Artillery. He served in the 1st Afghan War in the artillery and then commanded the Scinde Horse creating a second regiment which was called Jacob's Horse. He was political officer in the Northwest Frontier and the town of Jacobabad was named after him. As a Brigadier-General he commanded the cavalry in the Persian War. He returned to the North West Frontier and raised two regiments of infantry. He died of a fever in 1858.

External links

John Jacob Dictionary of Indian Biography (1906)
John Jacob Wikipedia

Historical books on-line