The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Broadfoot, Major William

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Broadfoot, Major William C.B. (1888), F.R.G.S.: b, 1841: s. of Alexander Broadfoot: educ; privately and at Addiscombe College, joined the Royal Engineers, 1860; Major, 1881: served with the Hazara Field Force, 1868 (Medal and Clasp); in the Irrigation Department in the Panjab, 1864-8: Assistant Secretary to the Panjab Government, 1863-78: retired; is the Referee of Royal Geographical Society on Afghanistan, Beluchistan, and India. Publications: The Career of Major Georga Broadfoot, Billiards, in the Badminton Library, 1891; numerous articles in the principal Reviews and Magazines, and in the Athenaeum, the Times Encyclopedia Britannica, Etc.; Biographies in the D.N.B. and the R.E. Journal: Recreations: travel, towing, painting in water colours, billiards. Address: 103, Glowcestor Terrace Hyde Park, W. Naval and Military, and Union, Clubs.