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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 | Bethune | | First Name(s) | John Elliot Drinkwater | | Year of Birth | 1801 | | Year of Death | 1851 | | Entry | Son of Lt-Colonel J. Drinkwater Bethune : educated at Trinity College, Cambridge : called to the bar, 1827 : was Counsel to the Home Office for many years : became Legal Member of the Supreme Council of the Government of India in April, 1848. Besides his ordinary work in charge of legislation and as Member of Council, Bethune was President of the Council of Education : he established the Bethune School, which still exists, for the Education of native girls ; died at Calcutta Aug. 12, 1851. |
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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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