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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  Mangles    
First Name(s)  Ross Donnelly    
Birth Year  1801    
Death Year  1877    
Entry  I.C.S. : son of James Mangles : born 1801 : educated at Eton and Haileybury : went to India in 1820 : after some minor appointments, he became, in the Burmese war of 1825, Secretary to the Commissioner of Pegu and Ava, and, in 1826, Deputy Secretary in the Judicial and Territorial Departments : in 1832, Deputy Secretary in the General Department : held charge of several districts : Secretary to the Government of Bengal in the Judicial and Revenue Departments, 1835-9 : in 1838, also temporary Member of the Board of Revenue : retired in 1839 : was M.P. for Guildford, 1841-58 : Director of the E. I. Co. : Chairman in 1857 : one of the original members of the new Council of India in Sep. 1858 till 1866 : died Aug. 16, 1877 : wrote articles on India in the Edinburgh Review.     
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