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Physician General Richard Hartley Kennedy, M.D., M.R.C.S., became Assistant Surgeon 1811, Surgeon 1822, and Superintending Surgeon 1835; was present during the capture of Ghuznee, 1839 (Mentioned in Despatches); Inspector General of Hospitals 1840, Surgeon General 1841 and Physician General, 1842; retired 1843; published 'Narrative of the Campaign of the Army of the Indus in Scinde and Cabul in 1838-39',and a number of other works; died 1865