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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	Allen
	First Name(s)	Charles
	Year of Birth	1808
	Year of Death	1884
	Entry	I.C.S. : born July 29, 1808 : son of Rev. David Bird Allen : educated at Westminster and Haileybury : went to India 1827 : served chiefly in the N.W.P. : Magte. Collr. of Moradabad, 1837 : Hamirpur, 1 841 : Settlement Officer in Bundelkund : Judge at Agra, 1843-9 : and at Fatehghar : acted as Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, 1852 : Financial Secretary, 1854 : and Member of the Legislative Council of India, 1854 : retired, 1857 : died, Nov. 5, 1884 : was J. P. and Alderman and Mayor of Tenby, and High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire, 1876 : wrote in support of Lord Dalhousie The Yellow Pamphlet in answer to Colonel G. B. Malleson's Red Pamphlet at the time of the mutiny.

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