David Ochterlony

Major-General

Sir David Ochterlony

GCB Bt
Major-General; Sir David Ochterlony; GCB Bt
	Portrait of Ochterlony by Arthur Devis, c. 1816
Born	12 February 1758; Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died	14 July 1825 (aged 67); Meerut, Bengal Presidency, Company's India
Buried	St. John's Church, Meerut
Allegiance	East India Company
Branch	Bengal Army
Service years	1778–1825
Rank	Major-General
Commands	2nd Battalion 12th Bengal Native Infantry; Resident at Delhi; Allahabad Garrison; Ludhiana Garrison; Third Field Division; Field Army, Nepal; Division protecting Delhi; Resident at Rajputana; Commissioner-General, Rajput states; Resident at Delhi; Resident at Malwa and Rajputana
Conflicts	Second Anglo-Mysore War Siege of Cuddalore (WIA) (POW); ; Second Anglo-Maratha War Siege of Aligarh; Battle of Delhi; Siege of Delhi; ; Anglo-Nepalese War Second Battle of Malaun and Jaithak; Battle of Makmanpur; ; Third Anglo-Maratha War;

Major-General Sir David Ochterlony, 1st Baronet, GCB (12 February 1758 – 14 July 1825) was a Bengal Army officer who served as the British resident to the Mughal court at Delhi. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he spent most of his life on the Indian subcontinent in the service of the East India Company, seeing action in numerous conflicts.