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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  Bayley    
First Name(s)  Sir Edward Clive    
Year of Birth  1821    
Year of Death  1884    
Entry  I.C.S. : son of E. Clive Bayley : born Oct., 1821 : educated at Haileybury : went to India in 1842 : served in the N.W.P., and the Panjab : Under Secretary in the Foreign Department in 1849 : called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1857 : in the mutiny, was Under Secretary to Sir J. P. Grant when temporary Lieutenant- Governor of the ""Central"" Provinces : Ma'gte. of Allahabad : was for a short time Foreign Secretary in 1861 : Home Secretary to the Government of India, 1862- 72, and Member of the Supreme Council, 1873-78 : K.C.S.I, in 1877 : and C.I.E. : Vice-Chancellor of the Calcutta University, 1869-74, five times President of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and Vice- President of the Royal Asiatic Society for 3 years : died April 30, 1884 : made considerable contributions to Indian history, numismatics, antiquities, and archaeology by his papers for the Asiatic Societies and other writings.     
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