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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  Ramsay    
First Name(s)  Henry    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Hon. Sir    
Birth Year  1816    
Death Year  1893    
Entry  Born 1816 : brother of the twelfth Earl of Dalhousie : educated at the Edinburgh Academy : went out to Bengal in the E. I. Co.'s military service, 1834 : was in the Panjab campaign, 1848-9 : was Commissioner of the districts of Kumaon and Garhwal from 1856 to 1884, 44 years there in all, and was called the ""King of Kumaon"" : he governed in the old paternal style, almost as an autocrat : trusted equally by his employers and the people, who called him "" Ramjee Sahib "" : his commanding influence kept Kumaon, and the dependent submontane tract, quiet and loyal during the mutiny. After retirement from office he remained there till 1892 : his patriarchal system was well adapted to the non-regulation districts, which flourished under his administration : he was earnestly pious : was asked to preside at a great Missionary Conference at Calcutta, 1884 : C.B. : K.C.S.I., 1875 : Lt-General, 1880 : died Dec. 16, 1893.     
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