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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland) |
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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 | Bird | | First Name(s) | William Wilberforce | | Year of Birth | ? | | Year of Death | 1857 | | Entry | I.C.S. : arrived in India, 1803 : Judge and Magistrate of Benares, 18 14 : Commissioner there, 1826 : Member of the Board of Revenue, 1829 : Provisional Member of Council, 1837, and Extra Member of the Board of Customs, Salt and Opium, 1837 : Member of the Supreme Council, 1838 : President of the Council of Education, 1842 : President of the Council, 1842, and Deputy-Governor of Bengal, 1840, and 1842 ; as Senior Member of Council officiated as Governor-General, June 15 to July 23, 1844 : retired, 1844 : died June 1, 1857. |
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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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