William Williamson (East India Company officer)

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William Williamson (died 1815) was a British Major-General who was commanding the forces at Bombay. He was in India by 1787,[1] and was posted to the Cape of Good Hope in 1797.[2] After being appointed commander of the forces in Bombay in 1813, he died in Baden in Germany on 22 July 1815.[3]

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  1. ^ The Parliamentry Register. 1791. p. 524.
  2. ^ The Bombay Almanack and Register. 1798. p. 54.
  3. ^ The Scots Magazine. 1 January 1815. p. 720.