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| 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 | Prinsep | | | First Name(s) | Henry Thoby | | | Birth Year | 1792 | | | Death Year | 1878 | | | Entry | I.C.S. : son of John Prinsep, M.P. : (q.v.) : born July 15, 1792, at Thoby Priory, in Essex : educated privately, at Tunbridge and at the E. I. Co.'s College at Hertford Castle : arrived in Bengal in 1809 : became Assistant Secretary to the Governor-General, the Marquis of Hastings, in 1814, whom he accompanied on his tour through Oudh, the N.W.P. and in the Nipal, Pindari and Mahratta wars : published A History of the Political and Military Transactions in India during the Administration of the Marquis of Hastings, 1823 : was the first Superintendent and Remembrancer of legal affairs : inquired into Patni tenures, and, on his report, the famous Patni Regulation of 1819 was passed : Persian Secretary to Government, 1820: Secretary, in the Territorial Department, 1826 : Chief Secretary, 1834 : Member of the Supreme Council, temporarily, in 1835, substantively, 1840-3 : retired, 1843 : was unsuccessful in attempts to enter Parliament for the Kilmarnock Burghs, Dartmouth and Dover : M.P. for Harwich, 1850, but unseated for defective property qualification, and unsuccessful at the fresh election : became a Director of the E.I. Co., 1850: was one of the original members chosen by the E. I. Co. for the new Council of India in 1858, retaining the post till 1874 : translated the Memoirs of a Pathan Soldier of Fortune, the Nawab Muhammad Amir Khan, 1832 : wrote on The Origin of the Sikh Power in the Panjab : on Tibet, Tartary and Mongolia, 1851 ; on the India Question in 1853, A History of the Life of Ranjit Singh, Historical Results from Discoveries in Afghanistan, and published the Register of the Bengal Civil Servants, 1790-1842 : was the chief founder of the Bengal Civil Fund : on his actuarial calculations (approved by professional actuaries in London) the fund was started : also wrote poetry : died Feb. 11, 1878. |
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