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David Ochterlony
Sir David Ochterlony, 1st Baronet GCB (1758-1825) was a British soldier who came to India in 1777 as a cadet. He served in the 2nd Maratha War and commanded one column of the first field force and the whole of the main force in the Gurkha War. He was in command of the Rajputana Column in the Pindari War and became Resident of Rajputana and Delhi. He embraced Mughal culture and was known as Nasir-ud-Daula (Defender of the State).
External links
David Ochterlony Dictionary of Indian Biography (1906)
David Ochterlony Wikipedia
Ochterlony Column Wikipedia
Reference
White Mughals by William Dalrymple 2002 ISBN 0002256762 p30 for a description of Ochterlony