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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 | Metcalfe | | | First Name(s) | Charles Theophilus | | | Titles, Honours, etc. | Baron | | | Birth Year | 1785 | | | Death Year | 1846 | | | Entry | Governor-General (provisional) : I.C.S. : born Jan. 30, 1785, at Calcutta : son of Major Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe, afterwards Director of the E.I. Co. and Baronet: educated at Bromley and Eton : to Calcutta as a "" writer"" in the E. I. Co.'s service in Jan. 1801 : the first Student of the College of Fort William : Assistant Resident at Daulat Rao Sindia's Court : in the Governor-General's office, 1803 : Political Officer with Lake, in the Mahratta war, 1804 : at the storming of Deeg, Dec. 24 : Assistant to Resident at Delhi, 1806 : on a special mission to Ranjit Singh at Lahore, 1808, leading up to the treaty of 1809 : Deputy Secretary with Lord Minto, 1809-10 : Resident at Gwalior, 1810 : Resident at Delhi, 1811-19 : Secretary in the Secret and Political Department and Private Secretary to the Governor-General, Marquess of Hastings, Jan. 1819-Sep. 1820 : Resident at Hyderabad, 1820 : had to deal with the case of the banking firm of Palmer & Co. : succeeded to the Baronetecy, 1822 : in 1825, Resident at Delhi and A.G.G., Rajputana : Member of the Supreme Council, Aug. 1827-Nov. 1834 : Governor of Agra, Nov. 1834 : acting Governor-General, March, 1835-March, 1836 : liberated the Press : G.C.B., 1836 : Lieutenant-Governor of the N. W. P., June, 1836, to June, 1838 : disappointed of the Governorship of Madras : resigned : Privy Councillor : appointed Governor of Jamaica, 1839-42 : Governor-
General of Canada, 1843-5 : suffered from cancer in the cheek : lost sight of an eye : created a Peer, 1845 : died Sep. 5, 1846 : his bust is at the Metcalfe Hall, Calcutta. His epitaph was written by Macaulay, including the words, A statesman tried in many high posts and difficult conjunctures and found equal to all. The three greatest dependencies of the British Crown were successively entrusted to his care. In India, his fortitude, his wisdom, his probity and his moderation are held in honourable remembrance by men of many races, languages and religions,"" etc., etc. |
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