Modern English biography

MOUNTAIN, ARMINE SIMCOE HENRY (5 son of Jacob Mountain 1749–1825, first protestant bishop of Quebec). _b._ Quebec 4 Feb. 1797; ensign 97 foot 20 July 1815; lieut. on h.p. 3 Dec. 1818; travelled in Germany, France, Switzerland, and Italy 1820–3; lieut. 52 foot 24 April 1823; captain 76 foot 26 May 1825; brevet major 30 Dec. 1826; major 26 foot 25 Dec. 1828, lieut. col. 23 June 1840 to 8 March 1848; lieut. col. 29 foot 8 March 1848 to 8 Feb. 1850; military secretary on staff of sir Colin Halkett at Bombay 21 March 1832 to 1833; A.D.C. to lord Wm. Bentinck at Bombay 1833–4; deputy adjutant general to the land forces sent from India to China during the war 1840–2, and was present at all the chief engagements; A.D.C. to the queen June 1845; military secretary to lord Dalhousie, governor-general of India, Aug. 1847; commanded a brigade in the second Sikh war; present at battles of Chillianwalla and Guzerat; adjutant general at Simla, March 1849; contributed