Richmond Shakespear Military person

Sir Richmond Campbell Shakespear (11 May 1812 – 16 December 1861) was an Indian-born British Indian Army officer. He helped to influence the Khan of Khiva to abolish the capture and selling of Russian slaves in Khiva. This likely forestalled the Russian conquest of the Khiva, although it ultimately did not prevent it.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 11, 1812
Birth place
India
Date of deathDecember 16, 1861
Place of death
Indore

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Military person

award
Order of the Bath
Punjab Medal
military operations
First Anglo-Afghan War
Battle of Chillianwala
Second Anglo-Sikh War
Battle of Jellalabad
Battle of Gujrat
Battle of Ramnagar
service start1827
service end1861

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External resources

  1. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shakespeare/biog/dict_nat_biog/sir_richmond_campbell_shakespear.htm
  2. http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23336661M/Addiscombe_its_heroes_and_men_of_note_by_Colonel_H._M._Vibart..._With_an_introduction_by_Lord_Robert
  3. http://www.khiva.info/gb/history/freeings.htm
  4. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=3068-rsaa_2-1&cid=1-17-5#1-17-5