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{{Infobox military person<br />
|name= Sir George Bourchier <br />
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|battles=[[Gwalior Campaign]]<br/>[[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Mutiny]]<br />
|awards= Knight Commander of the [[Order of the Bath]]<br />
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|allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]<br />
|birth_date=23 August 1821 <br />
|death_date={{death-date and age|15 March 1898|23 August 1821}}<br />
|birth_place= [[Bramfield, Hertfordshire]], England<br />
|death_place= [[St Margarets, London|St Margarets]], [[Twickenham]], Middlesex<br />
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[[Major-General]] '''Sir George Bourchier''' [[Order of the Bath|KCB]] (23 August 1821 – 15 March 1898) was a British officer who served in the [[Bengal Army]], one of three armies that made up the [[British Indian Army]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |title= Obituary: Major-General Sir George Bourchier, K.C.B. |work=[[The Times]] |date=17 March 1898 |page=10 }}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Bourchier was the son of the Rev. Edward Bourchier and Harriet Jenner.<ref name="times"/> He was educated at the [[Addiscombe Military Seminary]].{{sfn|Buckland|1906|p=49}}<br />
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He entered the Bengal Artillery in 1838 and took part in the [[Gwalior Campaign]] 1843–1844. He was stationed at [[Punniar]].{{sfn|Buckland|1906|p=49}}<br />
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During the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Mutiny]] he commanded a battery at [[Trimmu Ghat]] and was present at the [[Siege of Delhi|siege and capture of Delhi]]. He was at Bulandshahr, Alighar, and Agra with Sir [[Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde|Colin Campbell]] for the [[relief of Lucknow]] and at Cawnpur.{{sfn|Buckland|1906|p=49}}<br />
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He was commissioned a [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] Colonel and [[Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath|C.B.]] From 1864 to 1866. he commanded the Royal Artillery in Bhutan. In 1871, he commanded the East Frontier District, and in 1871 to 1872 he commanded the Cachar column in the [[Lushai Expedition]]. He was award the [[K.C.B.]] in 1852 and promoted to Major-General. He died on 15 March 1898.{{sfn|Buckland|1906|p=49}}<br />
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*{{Citation |last=Buckland |first=Charles Edward |year=1906 |title=Dictionary of Indian Biography |publisher=London S. Sonnenschein |page=[https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/49/mode/1up 49] |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft}}<br />
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