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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  Bogle    
First Name(s)  George    
Year of Birth  1746    
Year of Death  1781    
Entry  Son of George Bogle : born Nov. 26, 1746 : educated at Haddington, Glasgow, Edinburgh University, Enfield : entered the E. I. Co.'s service in 1769 : was appointed by Warren Hastings on May 13, 1774, to lead an embassy to the Teshu Lama of Tibet, for the purpose of opening up trade and friendly relations with that country : he proceeded by Tassisudon in Bhutan, through Phari, to Desherigpay (north of the Tsanpu River), saw the Teshu Lama, accompanied him to Teshu Lumbo, and returned thence to India, 1775 : in 1779 he was appointed Collector of Rangpur and established a fair, to encourage trade with Bhutan and Tibet. A second embassy of Bogle to Tibet was contemplated, but was postponed, the Teshu Lama going to Pekin : Bogle proposed meeting him at Pekin, but died at Calcutta on April 3, 1781 : the journal of his embassy has been published.     
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