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Mark Wilks
Manx soldier, historian and East India Company administrator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colonel Mark Wilks FRS (1759 – 19 September 1831) was a Manx soldier, historian and East India Company administrator who worked in southern India principally in the princely state of Mysore. He was the acting Resident at the Wodeyar Court.
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