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Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I
Date transcribed | 2011-04-00 | 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. |
| Surnames | Grant | | First Name(s) | John Peter | | Titles | Sir | | Year of Birth | 1807 | | Year of Death | 1893 | | Entry | I.C.S. : son of Sir John Peter Grant (q.v.) : born Nov. 23, 1807 : educated at Eton, Edinburgh University, Haileybury : went to India in 1828 : served for four years in the N.W.P. : Secretary in 1832 to the Board of Revenue, Calcutta : served in the Government of India Secretariat : was Superintendent of the Botanic Garden : Secretary to Lord Macaulay's Indian Law Commission, Private Secretary to the Governor-General : Commissioner for payment of the Maharaja of Mysore's debts : inquired into the proceedings for the suppression of meriah, or human sacrifices, in Ganjam : from 1848 to 1852 he was Secretary to the Government of Bengal under the Governor- General and, in his absence, under the Deputy Governor : was Secretary to the Government of India in the Home and Foreign Departments, 1852-4 : Member of the Governor- General's Supreme Council, 1854-9 : and, for a portion of that time, Lieutenant-Governor of the "" Central "" Provinces during the mutiny : Lieutenant- Governor of Bengal, 1859-62. As Member of Council he advocated annexation of Oudh, which was carried, instead of Lord Dalhousie's less thorough scheme : he passed an Act to legalize the marriage of Hindu widows. As Lieutenant- Governor, he had to deal with the indigo disturbances—incurring unpopularity with the planters in his determination to do justice to the cultivators—and with troubles from tribes on the frontier. In both these capacities he showed great ability, in writing, in speech, and in action : greatly trusted by Lords Dalhousie and Canning : K.C.B. in 1862. After the rebellion in Jamaica, in 1865, he was Governor of that island, 1866-73 : the whole administration was reformed by him, the finances re-organized, and sound political and fiscal principles applied by the light of his previous experience : died Jan. 6, 1893. |
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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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