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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 | Erskine | | First Name(s) | James Claudius | | Year of Birth | 1821 | | Year of Death | 1893 | | Entry | I. C.S. : son of William Erskine (q.v.) : born May 20, 1821 : educated at St. Andrew's and Haileybury : went to Bombay, 1840 : was Private Secretary, 1843-6, to Sir G. Arthur, Governor of Bombay : Secretary to Government of Bombay in the General and Judicial Department, 1854 : first Director of Public Instruction in W. India, 1855-9 : Additional Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council, 1860 : Vice-Chancellor of the Calcutta University : Judge of the Bombay High Court, 1862-3 : Member of Council, Bombay, Oct. 1865, to May 1867: retired, 1867 : died June 5, 1893. |
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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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