James Outram

Lieutenant General Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet GCB KSI (1803-1863) was a British soldier who went to India in 1819 as an ensign in the 4th Bombay Native Infantry. He was made a lieutenant in the Grenadier Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry then transferred to the 12th Bombay Native Infantry. he spent 14 years in the Khandesh where he gained the confidence of the Bhil tribespeople and raised a Bhil Light Infantry Corps.

where he served in the 1st Burma War. He was ADC to General Sir Willoughby Cotton in the 1st Afghan War. He took part in General Sale's March from Kabul to Jalalabad and the subsequent siege. In the Gwalior Campaign he was Persian interpreter to Sir Hugh Gough and served in both the 1st Sikh War and the 2nd Sikh War. He rose to Quartermaster-General and then Adjutant-General to the British Army in India. After commanding a division in the Persian War, Havelock's Campaign proved him a great military leader during the Indian Mutiny. He achieved the First Lucknow Relief but was in turn besieged and died of dysentery shortly after the town was freed.

External links

Sir James Outram Dictionary of Indian Biography (1906)
Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet Wikipedia

Historical books on-line

The Life of General H. Havelock KCB Google Books
Memoirs of Sir Henry Havelock Google Books