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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Courtin    
First Name(s)  Jacques Ignace    
Year of Birth  ?    
Year of Death  ?    
Entry  Son of Francois Courtin, Chevalier : Chief of the French Factory at Dacca : received for two months the members of the English Factory at Dacca, when it was seized by the Nawab of Dacca, after the capture of Calcutta by the Nawab Surajuddaula, 1756 : and sent them to the English at Fulta, 1756 : he left Dacca, with 35 boats, on June 22, 1757, and wandered about the districts of Raiigpur, Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri: received an Embassy from the King of Tibet : fought with the Faujdar of Rangpur : arrived at Murshidabad, March 10, 1758, to surrender to the English : allowed by Clive to go to Chandernagore and Pondicherry : Member of the Supreme Council there : in the capitulation there, Jan. 1761 : went to France, and probably became the Conseiller au Conseil des Indes.     
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