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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland) |
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Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C
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 | Ampthill | | First Name(s) | Oliver Arthur Villiers Russell | | Titles | Baron | | Year of Birth | 1869 | | Entry | Born Feb. 19, 1869 : son of the first Baron (better known as Lord Odo Russell) educated at Eton, and New College, Oxford : rowed in the Oxford University Eight, 1889-91 : President of the O.U.B.C. 1 89 1 : President of the Oxford Union Society, 1891 : won the Pair Oars at Henley Regatta with Guy Nickalls, 1890- 91 : Private Secretary to Rt. Hon. J. Chamberlain : Governor of Madras, from Dec, 1900 : Viceroy and Governor-General from April 30 to Dec, 1904. |
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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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