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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  Rivett-Carnac    
First Name(s)  James    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir, Baronet     
Birth Year  1785    
Death Year  1846    
Entry  Son of James Rivett, Member of the Bombay Council, who assumed the name of Carnac : Cadet, 1799 : entered the R.M.A. Woolwich, 1800 : entered the E. I. Co.'s Madras Native infantry, 1801 : transferred to Bombay: was A.D.C. to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay : served against the Mahrattas, 1802 : in 1802, first Assistant at Baroda, in the Political service and Secretary to the Resident : Resident at Baroda, 1807-19 : retired as a Major in 1822 : Director of the E. I. Co., 1827 : Chairman of the Directors, 1830 : Baronet, 1836 : M.P., 1837 : Governor of Bombay, May, 1839 to April, 1841. A scholarship called after him was founded in his honour, and his bust placed in the Town Hall. He died Jan. 28, 1846.     
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