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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  Palk    
First Name(s)  Robert    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir, Baronet     
Birth Year  1717    
Death Year  1798    
Entry  Governor : son of Walter Palk : born Dec. 1 717 : went out to Madras as an E. I. Co.'s Chaplain : gave up his orders and entered the Civil Service : became Member of Council, 1753 : Envoy to the Raja of Tanjore, 1753-4 : and conducted negotiations with the French : he installed the Nawab of the Carnatic, 1755 : was Governor of Madras, Nov. 1763, to Jan. 1767 : protected the Raja of Tanjore against the Nawab : made a treaty, which has been generally condemned, with the Nizam of Hyderabad, in Nov. 1766 : returned to England, 1767 : M.P. for Ashburton, 1767-8, and 1774-87 : made Baronet, 1772 : a strong supporter of Warren Hastings : died May, 1798.     
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