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Lieutenant General Ross Lang was Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army.
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Military career
[edit]Lang was commissioned into the Madras European Regiment.[1] He commanded a battalion at the Siege of Madura in 1763 and then, having been promoted to lieutenant-colonel, he served in the First Anglo-Mysore War.[1] He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army in 1777, following the suspension of James Stuart, and commanded the Army at Vellore.[1] With the rank of lieutenant general he commanded the Madras Army again between 1783 and 1785.[2]
Family
[edit]In 1773 he married Anne Oats; their son, also called Ross Lang, became a major-general and died in 1822.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Wilks, Mark (1841). History of Mysore. Hogg and Son. p. 26. ISBN 9788120604919.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ^ Love, Henry Davidson (2006). Indian Records Series Vestiges of Old Madras. Asian Educational Services, India. p. 547. ISBN 978-8120603202.