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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  Playfair    
First Name(s)  Robert Lambert    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1828    
Death Year  1899    
Entry  Born 1828 : son of George Playfair, Inspr-General of Hospitals in Bengal : joined the Madras Artillery, 1846 : and the Staff Corps, 1861 : Lt-Colonel, 1867 : Executive Engineer and Assistant Political Resident at Aden, 1852-62 : assisted in suppressing the slave trade, and in the occupation of Perim, 1857 : wrote the History of ''Arabia Felix or Yemen"" from the Commencement of the Christian Era to the Present Time, 1859 : F.R.G.S., 1860 : Political Agent at Zanzibar, 1862 : Consul- General in Algeria, 1867 : wrote works on Algeria, Tripoli, Cyrenaica, Morocco, Tunisia, and books of travel : The Story of the Occupation of Persia-. 1886: K.C.M.G., 1886 : LL.D. St. Andrew's, 1899 : died Feb. 18, 1899.     
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