| LC control no. | no2014026941 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bisset, Major General (John Jarvis), 1819-1894 |
| Variant(s) | Bisset, John Jarvis, 1819-1894 Bisset, Lieut.-Gen. (John Jarvis), 1819-1894 |
| Associated country | England |
| Associated place | Canada Cape of Good Hope (Colony) Natal (Colony) South Africa Gibraltar |
| Birth date | 1819-10 |
| Death date | 18940525 |
| Place of death | Folkestone (England) |
| Field of activity | Armies Colonies--Administration |
| Affiliation | Great Britain. Army |
| Profession or occupation | Armies--Officers Colonial administrators |
| Found in | South Africa and her colonies, 1876: page 86 (Lieut.-Gen. Bisset, O.B.) OCLC, February 27, 2014 (access point: Bisset, John Jarvis, Sir, 1819-1894; usage: Major General Bisset) New York Times obituary, viewed February 27, 2014 (Gen. Sir John Jarvis Bisset, C.B., K.C., M.G., died on May 25 at his home, Shakespeare Lodge, Folkstone, Trent, England; selected to command the military forces in Canada; born in October 1819; filled many staff appointments in Victoria, King William's Town, Cape of Good Hope and Natal; from 1869 to 1873 he was a Major General at Gibraltar; Lieutenant General in 1875 and a General in 1877) <http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F00E1FF73D5415738DDDAD0A94DE405B8485F0D3> |
| Associated language | eng |
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