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'''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 [[107th Pioneers|4th Bombay Native Infantry]]. 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]].
where he served in the [[1st Burma War]]. He was ADC to [[Willoughby Cotton|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 [[Hugh Gough|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 ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/325/mode/1up Sir James Outram] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_James_Outram,_1st_Baronet Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet] Wikipedia<br />
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YzkNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage The Life of General H. Havelock KCB] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UvgdAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Memoirs+of+Major-General+Sir+Henry+Havelock+(1860)&ei=0YqhR57UMI-oiQGMj_S2Cg#PPP11,M1 Memoirs of Sir Henry Havelock] Google Books<br>
[[Category:British Military commanders|Outram, James]]
[[Category:People|Outram, James]]
where he served in the [[1st Burma War]]. He was ADC to [[Willoughby Cotton|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 [[Hugh Gough|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 ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/325/mode/1up Sir James Outram] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_James_Outram,_1st_Baronet Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet] Wikipedia<br />
==== Historical books on-line ====
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YzkNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage The Life of General H. Havelock KCB] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UvgdAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Memoirs+of+Major-General+Sir+Henry+Havelock+(1860)&ei=0YqhR57UMI-oiQGMj_S2Cg#PPP11,M1 Memoirs of Sir Henry Havelock] Google Books<br>
[[Category:British Military commanders|Outram, James]]
[[Category:People|Outram, James]]
