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About John Underwood Bateman-Champain
Colonel Sir John Underwood Bateman-Champain,, born Champain, was a British Army officer and engineer in India, who was instrumental in laying the first electric telegraph line from Britain to India via the Persian Gulf. He assumed the additional name of Bateman on succeeding to the estate of Halton Park, Lancashire, in 1870.
Everything about John Underwood Bateman-Champain →- Born
- July 22, 1835
- Died
- February 1, 1887