FIBIS Database - Powered by The Frontis Archive Publishing System

Quick Search

Browse Records

Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R

Data table details
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	Minchin
	First Name(s)	James Innes
	Birth Year	1825
	Death Year	1903
	Entry	I.C.S. : born 1825 : educated at Haileybury, 1842-3 : went out to Madras, 1844 : rose to be Collector of Kurnool for 6 years, Collector and Political Agent, Vizagapatam : Chief Secretary to the Madras Government : Additional Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council, 1868 : Acting Resident of Travancore and Cochin : left Madras, 1871 : a great proficient of the game of chess : Honorary Secretary of the St. George's Chess Club : a classical scholar, contributing to the Academy and other journals : wrote Sonnets Ex Oriente, and translated Dante's Divina Comedia, 1885 : a keen sportsman : died Jan. 18, 1903.

<< first < previous next > last >>

A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each

More details

© Families in British India Society. Unless stated otherwise, all rights including those in copyright in the content of this website are owned by or controlled for these purposes by the Families in British India Society.The content of this site may not be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded, posted, broadcast or transmitted in any way without first obtaining written permission from the Families in British India Society or that of the copyright owner.

If you found this useful then why not join FIBIS to get all the benefits from membership and help this work to continue. You can now join on-line in the FIBIS Shop...

text size

Powered by Frontis, The Archive Publishing System