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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  Rustomji    
First Name(s)  Manackji    
Birth Year  1815    
Death Year  1891    
Entry  Born in Bombay, Sep. 26, 1815 : son of Rustomji Cowasji, a merchant prince in his day : head of the firm of Rustomji Cowasji & Co., Calcutta : educated at the Elphinstone School, Bombay: after establishing a branch firm in Canton, joined the firm in Calcutta, 1837. which owned the opium clippers to China : suffered in the Union Bank failure of 1849 : succeeded his father as head of the firm, 1852 : the first native gentleman appointed Sheriff of Calcutta, 1874: was J.P. : Presidency Magistrate: Member of the Calcutta Corporation . head of the Parsi community in Calcutta: Consul for Persia from 1870: Director of several companies: died at Calcutta, Dec. 22, 1891 : his picture is in the Town Hall, Calcutta, and a scholarship was founded at the University in his memory.     
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