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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  Melvill    
First Name(s)  James Cosmo    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir.    
Birth Year  1792    
Death Year  1861    
Entry  Born 1792 : son of Captain Philip Melvill : was in the E. I. Co.'s home service from 1808 : auditor of Indian accounts, 1824 : Financial Secretary, 1834 : Chief Secretary, 1836, until 1858, when the Government of India was assumed by the Crown : Government Director of Indian railways, 1858 : F.R.S., 1841 : K.C.B., 1853 : died July 23, 1861.     
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