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Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C
Date transcribed | 2011-01-01 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | Arbuthnot | | First Name(s) | Sir Alexander John | | Year of Birth | 1822 | | Entry | I.C.S. : son of the Bishop of Killaloe : born Oct. 11, 1822 : educated at Rugby and Haileybury : entered the Madras Civil Service, 1842 : Director of Public Instruction, 1855 : Chief Secretary to Government, Madras, 1862 : Additional Member of the Legislative Council, Madras, 1862 : Member of Council, Madras, 1867-72 : Acting Governor of Madras, Feb. to May, 1872 : K.C.S.I. : 1873 : Member of the Supreme Council, 1875-80 : C.I.E. : President of the Council, 1878 and 1879 : Vice-Chancellor of Madras and Calcutta Universities : Member of the Council of India, 1887-97 : author of Selections from Minutes of Maj- General Sir Thomas Munro, Life of Lord Clive, and a number of articles in the Dictionary of National Biography. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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