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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  Readymoney    
First Name(s)  Cowasji Jehangir    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1812    
Death Year  1878    
Entry  Born May 24, 1812 : son of Jehangir Readymoney, of a Parsi family, who removed from Nowsari to Bombay : educated at an English school in Bombay : entered English offices as a clerk at 15 : broker to two European firms in 1837 : an independent merchant, about 1846 : had almost uninterrupted prosperity for 25 years : J. P., 1846 : Commissioner of Income Tax, 1860 : C.S.I. , 1871 : knighted, 1872 : his statue by Woolner was erected by public subscription at the University Hall, Bombay : rheumatic gout for 14 years prevented him from sharing in public affairs : his philanthropic charity gained for him the title of the Peabody of the East : contributed largely to the Civil Hospital at Surat, 1863 : to the Ophthalmic Hospital at Byculla, Bombay : the Civil Engineering College, Poona : a Strangers' Home at Bombay : two lakhs of rupees to the Elphinstone College : one lakh for a Hall for the Bombay University : besides handsome donations for numerous minor purposes, including a drinking fountain in Regent's Park, London : founded a Lunatic Asylum at Hyderabad, Sind : his public charities amounted, it was said, to a total of eighteen lakhs, and his private gifts to four lakhs : universally respected : died July, 1878.     
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