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'''William Kincaid''', (1831–1909) was an administrator in India. A member of the Indian Civil Service, he rose to the rank of Major-General and was sometime Resident of [[Bhopal]]. He was married to Pattie Kincaid and they had a son, [[Charles Augustus Kincaid]].<ref>Pattie Kincaid's name and letters preserved in the archive of the V&A, see "Sanchi Torso." Online: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O24780/the-sanchi-torso-torso-unknown/. Retrieved 02 April 2024.</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Kincaid was born on 30 October 1831 and went to India as an Ensign in the Madras Army in March 1849. In 1864 his career in [[Malwa]] began when he was appointed to adjust boundaries disputes in the [[Bhopal Agency]]. In 1866 he shifted to [[Bundelkhand]] as an assistant political agent and was a judge and cantonment magistrate in [[Nowgong, Chhatarpur]].<br />
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Kincaid was promoted to Political Agent, [[Bhopal]] in August 1876. In 1879 he became the Political Agent, [[Bhopawar]], and commandant, Malwa Bhil Corps.<ref> Alfred Poingdestre, ''A Short History of the Malwa Bhil Corps'' (Lucknow: Newul Kishore Press, 1905).</ref> Finally, in 1881, Kincaid returned to Bhopal as Political Agent.<br />
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In 1886, Kincaid returned to Europe and in 1890 was promoted to the rank of Major-General. In 1891 he moved to Italy, but by the time of his death on 2 November 1909, he had returned to Britain. He died in [[Bournemouth]].<br />
[[File:The Sanchi Torso.JPG|thumb|The [[Sanchi]] Torso, V&A number IM.184-1910]]<br />
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==Antiquarian Activities==<br />
Aside from some publications on Malwa, Kincaid is best known for the [[Sanchi]] Torso at the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] which he put on loan to the museum when he left for Italy.<ref> William Kincaid, "Rambles among Ruins in Central India," ''The Indian Antiquary'' 17 (1888): 348-52. Available online: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5233055. Retrieved 02 April 2024.</ref> The sculpture was purchased from his widow after his death. <ref> John Irwin, "The Sanchi Torso," ''V&A Museum Year Book 3'' (London, 1972); M. Willis, ''Buddhist Reliquaries from Ancient India'' (London: British Museum, 2000), p. 76, fig. 63.</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{cite book|ref=none|title=The Kincaids, Two Generations of a British Family in the Indian Civil Service|author=Tikekar, Aroon|author-link=Aroon Tikekar|location=New Delhi|publisher=Promilla & Co.|year=1992|isbn=978-81-85002-13-2}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090210190004/http://clan-kincaid.org/history.html Kincaid Clan history]<br />
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