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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  Parker    
First Name(s)  Henry Meredith    
Birth Year  1796?    
Death Year  1868    
Entry  Said in his youth to have been a violinist at Covent Garden Theatre : through Lord Moira's influence, obtained a clerkship in the Commissariat in the Peninsula : entered the Bengal Civil Service, and rose to be a Member of the Calcutta Board of Customs, Salt, and Opium (merged in the Board of Revenue) : retired in 1842 : entertained at a farewell dinner at the Sans Souci Theatre in Park Street, Calcutta : wrote verses under the nom de plume of Bernard Wycliffe, and published, under his own name, The Draught of Immortality and other Poems, and two volumes of prose and verse, entitled Bole Ponjis (The Punch-Bowl) : an accomplished musician, clever draughtsman, fluent speaker, a versatile writer, capital actor, adept in modern languages : died 1868.     
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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