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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  Buckingham    
First Name(s)  James Silk    
Year of Birth  1786    
Year of Death  1855    
Entry  Son of Christopher Buckingham : born Aug. 25, 1786 : was at sea from 1796 : went to India, 1815 : in 1818, at Calcutta, he brought out the Calcutta Journal, attacked Government so vigorously that, in 1823, his licence was taken away by Mr. J. Adam (q.v.), and he was deported from the country : years afterwards, the E.I. Co. gave him a pension of £200 a year : went to India again when the restrictions on the Press had been removed : M.P. for Sheffield, 1832-7 : conducted the Oriental Herald and Colonial Review, 1824-9, and was connected with other journals, besides writing largely on social and political subjects : travelled extensively to and from India : wrote Arabia, 1825 : Mesopotamia and Adjacent Countries, 1827 : Assyria and Media, 1830 : travelled also in Europe and N. America : and gave lectures in England : died June 30, 1855.     
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