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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  Martin    
First Name(s)  Robert Montgomery    
Birth Year  1803?    
Death Year  1868    
Entry  Born about 1803 : went to Ceylon, 1820 : travelled as assistant surgeon, botanist, and naturalist, and was in India, 1828-30 : published The History of the British Colonies, 1834 : the History of the Antiquities of Eastern India, 1838 : Member of the Court of Directors of the E. I. Co. : witness before a Commission on the East Indian trade, 1840 : Treasurer of Hongkong, 1844-5 : resigned : on a mission to Jamaica, 1851 : was one of the first members of the East India Association, 1866 : died Sep. 6, 1868 : brought out The Marquis of Wellesley's Despatches, 1836; The Monetary System of British India, 1841 ; The Indian Empire, 1857 ; The Rise and Progress of the Indian Mutiny, 1859 : and other works on the Colonies and commercial questions.     
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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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