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 Madras Civil Servants A to E

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Date transcribed2010-07-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentThese are summaries of the Services of Service of Madras Civil Servants entering the Service from 1740 to 1858. Evidently, several of them continued to serve beyond this date.

The data are transcribed from the book compiled by Charles Prinsep published by Truebner & Co in 1885.

Surname  Dowdeswell    
First Name(s)  William    
Appointment as Writer  1826    
Summary of Service  1826: Writer. 1829: At home on absentee allowance. 1831: Returned to India, per ""Minerva""; Head Assistant to the Collector, Guntoor. 1832: Head Assistant to the Collector, Chingleput. 1833: Acting Register of the Zillah Court of Chingleput. 1834: Register of the Zillah Court of Chingleput; Acting Sub-Collector and Joint Magistrate, Nellore. 1835: Acting Assistant Judge and Joint Criminal Judge, Rajahmundry. 1836: Register of the Zillah Court of Madura; Acting Register of the Zillah Court of Nellore; Acting Assistant Judge and Joint Criminal Judge, Guntoor; Register to the Principal Court for the Centre Division. 1837: Acting Assistant Judge and Joint Criminal Judge, afterwards Assistant Judge and Joint Criminal Judge, subsequently Acting Judge and Joint Criminal Judge, Rajahmundry; Acting Judge and Joint Criminal Judge, Chingleput. 1838: Assistant Judge and Joint Criminal Judge, Chicacole. 1839: Acting Judge and Joint Ciminal Judge, Rajamundry. 1840: Assistant Judge and Joint Criminal Judge, Madura. 1841: Acting Judge and Criminal Judge Nellore. 1843: Proceeded to Europe on furlough. 1845: Acting Civil and Sessions Judge, Coimbatore; Acting Civil and Sessions Judge, Madura; Civil and Sessions Judge. Masulipatam. 1846: Commissioner for the Northern Division. 1854: Civil and Sessions Judge, Chingleput; Absent on medical certificate. 1860: Collector and Magistrate, Trichinopoly; Absent on medical certificate for 21 months. 1861: Resigned the service, December, in England (Annuitant.) Died, 12th December 1870.    
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A list of the Services of Madras Civil Servants from 1740 to 1858 compiled by Charles Prinsep and published in 1885
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