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In April 1901 he took a command in the [[Military history of the North-West Frontier#Punjab Frontier Force|Punjab Frontier Force]] with the temporary rank of [[Brigadier general (United Kingdom)|brigadier-general]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27335 |date=19 July 1901 |page=4782}}</ref> and shortly thereafter he was granted the local rank of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|major general]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27308 |date=26 April 1901 |page=2860}}</ref> | In April 1901 he took a command in the [[Military history of the North-West Frontier#Punjab Frontier Force|Punjab Frontier Force]] with the temporary rank of [[Brigadier general (United Kingdom)|brigadier-general]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27335 |date=19 July 1901 |page=4782}}</ref> and shortly thereafter he was granted the local rank of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|major general]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27308 |date=26 April 1901 |page=2860}}</ref> | ||
He was appointed to act as [[Inspector General]] of Cavalry in India from October 1901, in the absence in South Africa of Colonel [[Edward Locke Elliot]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27469 |date=29 August 1902 |page=5611}}</ref> and received the temporary rank of major general while officiating as such.<ref>{{ London Gazette | issue = 27377 |page=7397 | date = 15 November 1901 }}</ref> Following the end of the war in South Africa, Elliott returned in late 1902, and Vousden stepped down.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times | | He was appointed to act as [[Inspector General]] of Cavalry in India from October 1901, in the absence in South Africa of Colonel [[Edward Locke Elliot]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27469 |date=29 August 1902 |page=5611}}</ref> and received the temporary rank of major general while officiating as such.<ref>{{ London Gazette | issue = 27377 |page=7397 | date = 15 November 1901 }}</ref> Following the end of the war in South Africa, Elliott returned in late 1902, and Vousden stepped down.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence|date=14 October 1902 |page=7 |issue=36898}}</ref> | ||
He died in India of [[dysentery]] later the same year, on 12 November 1902 at the age of 54.<ref name=TTobit>{{Cite newspaper The Times | | He died in India of [[dysentery]] later the same year, on 12 November 1902 at the age of 54.<ref name=TTobit>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Obituary - Major-General William John Vousden|date=21 November 1902 |page=8 |issue=36931}}</ref> | ||
==Family== | ==Family== | ||