Depree, George Charles
George Charles Depree (c. 1832 - 1887), sometimes as De Pree or De Prée, was a British military officer and surveyor active over a long career in South Asia in the second half of the 19th century. The details of his early life and training are obscure, but in 1851 Depree joined the Bengal Artillery and was decorated for his service in the Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852 - 1853). Afterwards, he stayed in India, remaining as a member of the Indian Staff Corp and joining the Great Trigonometrical Survey and the Survey of India. He was assigned to the Ganjam district and then conducted topographical surveys of Chota Nagpur. Over the same period of time, he rose through the military ranks, eventually becoming a major. In 1884, he was made the Officiating Surveyor General of the Survey of India and Deputy Surveyor-General of Topographical Surveys, posts he held until 1887, the same year he died. His son Hugo (1870 - 1943) also became an artillery officer, serving in India and then the First World War, rising to the rank of Major General.
Fortifying the Frontier.
District Peshawar.
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A scarce folding map of Peshawar and environs, originally published in 1884 by the Survey of India and here updated to 1906. It presents the region as it was solidified as the frontline of the British Raj and a buffer zone between India and Afghanistan. (more details)