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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  Oakeley    
First Name(s)  Charles    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir, Baronet     
Birth Year  1751    
Death Year  1826    
Entry  I.C.S. : Governor : son of the Rev. William Oakeley : born Feb. 27, 1751 : went out to Madras in the E. I. Co.'s service, 1767 : was a Secretary in 1773 : and 1777-80, also Judge Advocate-General and Translator : President in 1781-4 of the Committee of the Assigned Revenue of the Nabob of Arcot : President of the Board of Revenue, Madras, 1786-8 : made Baronet in 1790 : named Governor, but had to remain as Second in Council until Medows retired in Aug. 1792 : the charge of the civil government was very onerous in supplying the wants of Cornwallis' Army in the field : made possible by reforms and good administration : he converted the floating debt, and arranged for siege of Pondicherry, 1793 : retired, Sep. 7, 1794 : declined to be Governor- General of India : died Sep. 7, 1826.     
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