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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	Bellew
	First Name(s)	Rev. John Chippendall Montesquieu
	Year of Birth	1832
	Year of Death	1874
	Entry	Son of Capt. R. Higgins : born Aug. 3, 1823 : educated at Lancaster, and St. Mary's Hall, Oxford : took his mother's family name in 1844 : ordained in 1848 : went to Calcutta in 1851 and became Chaplain of St. John's Church for 4 years : edited there the Bengal Hurkaru : returning to England in 1855, he became a popular preacher in London, but in 1868 was a convert to Roman Catholicism, and supported himself by public readings and literary work : he had great success as a master of elocution and from his handsome appearance : he died June 19, 1874.

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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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