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CHARLES ALEXANDER McMAHON, son of Captain Alexander McMahon, of the East India Co.'s Service, belonged to an old Irish family, and was born near Highgate on March 23, 1830. Educated as a soldier, he went to India in 1847 as Lieutenant in the Madras Native Infantry, and served for eight years in the 39th Regiment. In 1856 he was appointed a Commissioner in the. Punjab, and was engaged for thirty years in various districts, including Lahore.
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W., H. Lieut.—General C. A. McMahon, F.R.S. . Nature 69, 419–420 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/069419a0
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