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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
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  Dealtry    
First Name(s)  Thomas    
Titles  The Right Rev., D.D.    
Year of Birth  1796    
Year of Death  1861    
Entry  Bishop : born of poor parents in Yorkshire in 1796 : went up to St. Catherine's Hall, Cambridge, as a pensioner in 1825 : first class in the Law Class List, 1827-8 : LL.B. in 1829 : after being ordained, was a curate at Cambridge and came under the influence of the Rev. C. Simeon, who obtained for him a chaplaincy in the Bengal Establishment. Reaching Calcutta in 1829, he was appointed to the old Mission church, and remained in charge of it till 1835, when he was made Archdeacon of Calcutta: held the post till his departure to England in 1848. He was there offered the Bishopric of Madras, was consecrated, became D.D., and returned to Madras as Bishop in Feb., 1850. In the latter years of Bishop Wilson, who died 1858, Dealtry did much of his touring and visitation work in Upper India : was an active and liberal supporter of Missions and Missionaries : died March 4, 1861.     
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