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Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F
Date transcribed | 2011-03-01 | 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 | Edmonstone | | First Name(s) | George Frederick | | Titles | Sir | | Year of Birth | 1813 | | Year of Death | 1864 | | Entry | I.C.S.: son of Neil Benjamin Edmonstone (q.v.) : born April, 1813 : educated at Hailebyury, 1829-31 : went to the N.W.P. in 1 83 1 : after the Satlaj campaign of 1845-6 was Commissioner of the Cis- Satlaj States : Financial Commissioner in the Panjab, 1853 : Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, 1855, and during the mutiny : Lieutenant-Governor of the N.W.P., Jan. 19, 1859, to Feb. 27, 1863 : K.C.B., Dec, 1863 : died Sep. 24, 1864 |
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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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