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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Anstey    
First Name(s)  Thomas Chisholm    
Year of Birth  1816    
Year of Death  1873    
Entry  Barrister and political writer : born in London, 1816 : educated at Wellington and University College, London : called to the bar at the Middle Temple, 1839 : became, in the Oxford movement, a Roman Catholic, and Professor of Law at the Roman Catholic College near Bath : wrote on legal and political subjects : was M.P. for Youghal 1847-52, when his excessive speaking in Parliament was much resented : appointed Attorney General at Hongkong, 1854, but was suspended by the Governor, Sir John Bowring, in 1858 : after a short time at Calcutta, he was very successful at the Bombay bar, and in 1865 acted for a few months as a Judge of the High Court : failing to obtain work at the English bar, he returned to Bombay and died there, Aug 17, 1873 : his violent temper stood in his way through life, leading him into constant quarrels with his profession and society     
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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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