BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN JACOB CB
OF
JACOBABAD
Born 11th January 1812 - Died 6th December 1858
The fifth son of Reverend Stephen Long Jacob, he was born at Woolavington on 11th January 1812, and died in Jacobabad, Sind, India, on 6th December 1858.
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For detailed pages illustrating his life and times, please click HERE.
Sources:
General John Jacob by Alexander Innes Shand.
John Jacob of Jacobabad by L T Lambrick.
Hodson’s, Skinner’s and Jacob’s Horse by W G L Jacob.
A Jacob Bibliography by Kenneth Jacob.
Jacob MSS.
From Churchill’s Secret Circle to the BBC (the biography of Lieut-General Sir Ian Jacob GBE CB DL) by General Sir Charles Richardson GCB CBE DSO
A Victorian Pedagogue and his Circle by Clive Jacob
Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms, 'A Selection of Arms Authorised by the Laws of Heraldry', London 1860.
William H. George, © 2001, Edward Jacob (1713-1788), A Biography, ISBN 0 9534092 3 6.
Dictionary of National Biography.
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