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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Macnaghten    
First Name(s)  Chester    
Birth Year  1843    
Death Year  1896    
Entry  Son of Elliot Macnaghten (q.v.) : educated at Bonchurch, and Trinity College, Cambridge : went to India, 1866, as tutor to the Maharaja of Darbhanga (q.v.) : held the post, 1866-70 : transferred to Bombay as first Principal of the Rajkumar or Chiefs' College at Rajkot in Kattiawar, 1870-96 : died there, Feb. 10, 1896 : worked with the greatest zeal and devotion and marked success : his character attracted the warm affection of his Indian pupils : his constant intercourse with them, in games and studies, had an excellent effect on the pupils, who justified, by their careers, the pains bestowed on them. He wrote on "" Rajkumar Colleges"" in the Calcutta Review, 1879 : his addresses to the students at his college were published as Common Thoughts on Serious Subjects, both in India and in London, 1896.     
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