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Career Information of Bombay Civil Servants - 1798-1858

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Date transcribed	2025-05-12
Transcribed by	Alan Goodchild, Sandra Seager
Comment	Biographical Career Histories of Bombay Civil Servants 1798-1858. Transcribed from copies held by the British Library [IOR/O/6/32 to 35]

	Pg ref	131-133
	Surname	Elphinstone
	First names	John
	Service Start Date	1793
	Career History	1793 Writer ; 1800 Factor ; Clerk to the Court of Requests ; Asst to Postmaster Genl and to Marine Storekeeper ; Asst Examiner Accountant Genls Office, Bombay ; 1802 Jnr Merchant holding the same appointments ; 1803 At Home ; 1804 Depy Accountant Genl Bombay ; 1805 Postmaster Genl, Clerk to the Court of Requests, Depy Accountant Genl ; 1806 Accountant Genl, Civil Auditor and Postmaster Genl ; 1808 The same and Accountant to the Court of Burder and Revenue Accountant ; 1810 Also Register to Sudder Adwulat ; 1810 (Leave to the Cape of Good Hope) ; Member of the Council of the Governor ; 1817 (Out of the Council); 1818 Chief Judge of the Court of Circuit and Appeal and Chief of Surat ; 1822 at Home ; 1826 Collector of Customs and Town Duties, Bombay ; 1827 At Home ; 1829 Retired from Service 7 January (Annuitant in the Fund) ; Died 16 April 1835 in London
	Date of Death	16 Apr 1835
	Place	London
	Internal ref	20250327_103812 / 103820 / 103824

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[IOR/O/6/32-35] Bombay Civil Servants 1750-1858. A compilation in four volumes made in the India Office c.1880: O/6/32 Bombay Civilians A-C / O/6/33 Bombay Civilians D-I / O/6/34 Bombay Civilians J-P & O/6/35 Bombay Civilians R-Y. It is based upon: Lists of Bombay Civilians in Bombay Public Proceedings [IOR : P] and Alphabetical List of Bombay Civil Servants 1798-1839. Dodwell and Miles, London 1839.

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