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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  Brydges-Chandos-Grenville    
First Name(s)  Richard Plantagenet Campbell-Temple-Nugent    
Titles  Third Duke of Buckingham & Chandos    
Year of Birth  1823    
Year of Death  1889    
Entry  Governor : born Sep. 10, 1823, only son of the second Duke : educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford : M.P. for Buckingham, 1846-57 : Junior Lord of the Treasury, 1852 : as Marquis of Chandos was Chairman of the London and N.W. Railway, 1853-61 : succeeded as Duke, 1861 : Lord President of the Council, 1866-7 : Secretary for the Colonies, 1867-8 : Governor of Madras from Nov. 1875 to Dec. 1880 : had to deal with the severe famine of 1877, when immense numbers of the population came on relief works and gratuitous relief, and there was great mortality : built Government House at Ootacamund : Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords, 1886-9 : P-C. : G.C.S.I. : C.I.E. : D.C.L. : died March 26, 1889 : when the Dukedom became extinct.     
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