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Hugh Wheeler

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'''Major General Sir Hugh Massy Wheeler KCB (1789–1857)''' was a British soldier who was commissioned in 1803 as an ensign in the [[48th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|24th Bengal Infantry]] and served under [[Gerard Lake|Lord Lake]] in the [[2nd Maratha War]]. He was made lieutenant-colonel and given command of the [[48th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|48th Bengal Infantry]] which he led in the [[1st Afghan War]].   He was made a lieutenant in the [[102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers|Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry]] then transferred to the [[112th Infantry|12th Bombay Native Infantry]]. He spent 14 years in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khandesh Khandesh] where he gained the confidence of the Bhil tribespeople and raised a [[Kandeesh Bhil Corps|Bhil Light Infantry Corps]]. He served as political agent in Gujarat then under [[John Keane|Sir John Keane]] in commanded an infantry brigade during the [[1st Afghan Sikh War]]. He accompanied General Willshire to the [[Capture of Kalat 1839|Capture of Kelat]] and was political agent in Lower Sind and later also Upper Sind. He bitterly opposed Sir Charles Napier's policies which led to severely wounded at the [[Sind Campaign]] and the annexation of the territory Battle of the amirs. In 1847 he was made British resident at [[BarodaMoodkee]] but his campaign against corruption led to his dismissal from the post. In 1857 he He was given again a command successful commander in the [[Persian 2nd Sikh War]] and his success gained him was made a GCBKCB. At As commander of the Cawnpore Division at the outbreak of the [[Indian Mutiny]] he commanded two divisions of organised the [[Bengal Army]] and succeeded [[Henry Lawrence]] as Chief Commissioner of [[Oudh]]. He was instrumental in defence during the [[Recapture Siege of Cawnpore July June 1857|Recapture Siege of Cawnpore]] . After nearly three weeks Wheeler was compelled to surrender and he was killed at the [[Recapture of LucknowCawnpore (Satichaura Ghat)|Massacre at Satichaura Ghat]]. He retired to England in 1860.
== External links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/448/mode/1up Hugh Wheeler] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Wheeler_(East_India_Company_officer) Hugh Wheeler] Wikipedia<br />
 
==== Historical books on-line ====
[[Category:British Military commanders|Wheeler,Hugh]]
[[Category:People|Wheeler,Hugh]]

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