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Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R
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 | Peile | | First Name(s) | James Braithwaite | | Titles, Honours, etc. | Sir | | Birth Year | 1833 | | Entry | I.C.S. : born April 27, 1833 : son of Rev. T. W. Peile : educated at Repton and Oriel College, Oxford : Scholar : first class Moderations : first class, Final School : went to Bombay in the Civil Service, 1856 : Under Secretary to the Bombay Government : Director of Public Instruction, 1869-72 : acting Municipal Commissioner of Bombay : Political Agent in Kattiawar, 1873-8 : acting Commissioner in Sind, 1878 : Member of Famine Commission, 1878-80 : Secretary and Acting Chief Secretary, Bombay, 1879-82 : Member of Council, Bombay 1883-6 : Vice-Chancellor of Bombay University, 1884-6 : Member of Supreme Council, Oct. 1886 to Oct. 1887, and of the Council of India, 1887-1902 : C.S.I. , 1879 : K.C.S.I. 1888. |
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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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