POGSON, Wredenhall Robert. Sutton, Surrey 1.7.1787 — Sikraud, Benares 6.8.1843. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Bedingfield Pogson (1756–1799) and Elizabeth Philadelphia Pearce. Cadet 1803, served in Bengal Army from 1805, Lieutenant-Colonel 1824. Married 1815 Anna Cordelia Queiros, 12 children.
Publications: History of the Boondelas. 7+174 p. Calcutta 1828 (translation of Lāl Kavi’s early 18th century Bundelī work Chatra Prakāś).
– Captain Pogson’s Narrative During A Tour To Chateegaon. 228 p. Serampore 1831; Memoir of the mutiny at Barrackpore. 48 p. Serampore 1831.
Sources: Stray notes in Internet, death in Gentleman’s Magazine 1843, 670; wikitree.com.
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