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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed	2011-01-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Adam
	First Name(s)	William Patrick
	Year of Birth	1823
	Year of Death	1881
	Entry	Governor : son of Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.B. : born 1823 : educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge : B.A. : called to the bar by the Inner Temple, 1849 : Private Secretary to Lord Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, 1853- 58 : M.P. for Clackmannan and Kinross, 1859-80 : Lord of the Treasury, 1865-6, and 1868-73 : First Commissioner of Works in 1873, and Privy Councillor : 'Whip' of the Liberal party, 1874-80, and Governor of Madras, Dec. 20, 1880 : died at Ootacamund May 24, 1881 : his eldest son was created a Baronet in recognition of his father's public services : his widow was given the rank of a Baronet's widow and made a member of the Order of the Crown of India.

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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each

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