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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed	2011-03-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Forbes
	First Name(s)	James
	Year of Birth	1749
	Year of Death	1819
	Entry	I.C.S. : born in 1749 : went out to Bombay in 1765 : was Private Secretary to Col. Keating in 1775 and Chaplain of the force in the expedition to assist Raghoba : held minor charges in India, but made a competency and left India in 1784 with 150 volumes of materials, including drawings, of Indian subjects : after the rupture of the Peace of Amiens he was detained in France till 1804, when he returned to England : published his Oriental Memoirs, in four volumes, 1813-5 : F.R.S. and F.S.A : Montalembert, the historian, was his grandson : died Aug. 1, 1819.

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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each

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