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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  Ricketts    
First Name(s)  Henry    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1802    
Death Year  1886    
Entry  I.C.S. : son of George William Ricketts : born March 25, 1802 : educated at Winchester and Haileybury : went out to Bengal in the Civil Service, 1821 : served in Orissa between 1827-38 : conducted the resettlement of the Division, which suffered from two cyclones in 1831 and 1832: Commissioner in 1836: quelled disturbances in the Tributary States : cooperated in suppressing the Khonds in Gumsur, and stopping human sacrifices : resettled the Chittagong Division, 1841-8 : Member of the Board of Revenue, 1849-56: Provisional Member of Council, 1854, but in 1857 he urged the appointment of Outram : was Member of Supreme Council, 1858-60 : declined the Chief Commissionership of Central Provinces and Lieutenant-Governorship of the N.W. P. : was Commissioner for the revision of Civil Salaries and Establishments in India, 1856-58 : retired, 1860 : K.C.S.I., 1866 : died Feb. 25, 1886     
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