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Date transcribed	2011-08-00
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note 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 Lowis
	Birth Year	1833
	Death Year	1905
	Entry	I.C.S. : born April, 14, 1833 : son of Ross D. Mangles, M.P. (q.v.) : educated at Bath Grammar School and Haileybury : joined the Bengal Civil Service in 1853. In the mutiny he served as a volunteer in the expedition for the relief of the Arrah garrison : the force fell into an ambush, and had to retreat : he, at great personal risk, carried and supported, for five miles, a wounded soldier, who otherwise must have been left to die. Mangles received the V.C. He was Judicial Commissioner of Mysore : Secretary to the Bengal Government : Member of the Board of Revenue in Bengal : retired,. 1883 : died Feb 28, 1905.

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