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'''James George Roche Forlong'''
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=== House Notes ===
proposed 1875.03.09<br />initials in A10:1 look like W.J. but think same because of Indian army<br />Major-General in 1901 list<br />death noted in report for the council for 1904
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
James George Roche Forlong (6 November 1824 – 29 March 1904[1]) was a Major General of the Indian Army who trained as an engineer in Scotland and England.<br />He was an Honorary Associate of the Rationalist Press Association, to which he left a sum of money in his will.<br /><br />Engineer in Indian Army, and on Madras Staff Corps. Retired 1876. Published a number of books on the evolution of religion and comparative religion. In 1901 he gave a benefaction of £5,000 to the Royal Asiatic Society. It would appear that he was an honorary Major-General as The Army List records that he retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.<br />