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 Career Information of Bombay Civil Servants - 1798-1858

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Date transcribed2025-05-12
Transcribed byAlan Goodchild, Sandra Seager
CommentBiographical Career Histories of Bombay Civil Servants 1798-1858. Transcribed from copies held by the British Library [IOR/O/6/32 to 35]

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View all other items of "Surname" with value "Forbes" in "Career Information of Bombay Civil Servants - 1798-1858" Surname  Forbes    
First names  John Alexander    
Service Start Date  1816    
Career History  1816 Writer ; 1817 Asst to Collector of Sea Customs at Guzerat ; 1821 At Home ; 1823 Returned to India, 1st ASst to Collector of Surat ; Acting 1st Register and 1st Asst to Criminal Judge of Surat ; Acting 1st Register of Sudder Dewannee and Sudder Foujdarry Adawlut, Commissioner of Civil and Criminal Justice in the Deccan and Southern Mahratta, Register of Court of Adawlut at Surat ; 1831 Collector of Sea Customs at Guzerat ; 1832 In Charge of Musjeed Bunder under the Collector of Customs Bombay, Collector and Magistrate of Rutnaghiri ; 1834 At Home ; 1838 Returned to India, Acting Snr Magistrate of Police and Acting Revenue Judge at Bombay, Principal Collector and Magistrate of Surat and Acting in the Post-office there ; 1839 Principal Collector and Magistrate of Surat. Died at sea 28 Sep 1840 on board the Lord Auckland    
Date of Death  28 Sep 1840    
Place  at sea on board Lord Auckland    
Internal ref  20250327_104151    
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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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