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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Mackintosh    
First Name(s)  James    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1765    
Death Year  1832    
Entry  Born Oct. 24, 1765 : son of Captain John Mackintosh : educated at Fortrose, and Aberdeen University : studied medicine at Edinburgh : obtained his diploma, 1787 : went to London in 1788 and paid much attention to politics, literature, society, somewhat neglected his profession of medicine : called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn in 1795 : gave lectures on the Law of Nature and Nations : acquired a considerable practice : failed to obtain the appointment of Advocate-General of Bengal, but was knighted and made Recorder of Bombay, and held the appointment from Feb. 1804 to Nov. 1811 : founded the Literary Society of Bombay in 1805 and became its President : was out of his element in Bombay : became M.P. for Nairn, 1813, and for Knaresborough, 1819 : Professor of Law and General Politics at Haileybury, 1818-24 : wrote on Philosophy for the Edinburgh Review and the Encyclopedia Britannica : and the History of England : was made a Privy Councillor and a Commissioner of the Board of Control, 1830 : joined in the inquiry into East Indian affairs preparatory to the renewal, in 1833, of the Co.'s Charter : died May 30, 1832     
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