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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland) |
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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 | Playfair | | | First Name(s) | Patrick | | | Titles, Honours, etc. | Sir | | | Birth Year | 1852 | | | Entry | Son of Patrick Playfair : educated at Loretto, and Glasgow University : partner in firm of Barry & Co., merchants, Calcutta : has been President and Vice- President of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce, and Member of the Bengal Legislative Council : Additional Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council, 1893-7 : Sheriff of Calcutta, 1896 : K.B., 1897. |
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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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