Ochterlony

Ochterlony, SIR DAVID, British general, was born of Scottish (Forfarshire) descent, at Boston, Massachusetts, on 12th February 1758, went out to India as a cadet at eighteen, and was made lieutenant-colonel in 1803. In the following year he defended Delhi against Holkar; but his greatest services were rendered against the Gorkhas. In 1814 he stormed their hill-forts one after the other, and compelled them to sue for peace; on the renewal of the war in 1815 he shut up their principal chief in the hill-fort of Malaun, forced it to surrender, and penetrated to within a few miles of the Nepalese capital. Peace was again made; and the treaty has remained in force down to the present time. Ochterlony was made (1816) a baronet for his success. He rendered excellent service in the Pindari and Mahrattra wars of 1817 and 1818. He died at Meerut, 15th July 1825.