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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  Burney    
First Name(s)  Henry    
Year of Birth  ?    
Year of Death  1845?    
Entry  Captain : attached to the 20th (Marine) N.I. : on duty at Prince of Wales' Island : learnt Malay : acquired knowledge of the Archipelago and Malacca : appointed Military Secretary of the Penang Government : employed to negotiate with Malay and Siamese Chiefs : Political Agent to Siamese States, 1825 : Envoy to Siam : obtained the release of 1,400 Burmans and Peguese : Deputy Commissioner of Tenasserim, 1827-9 : Resident at the Court of Ava, 1829-38 : contributed papers to the I.A.S.B., about Ava: wrote a Historical Review of the Political Relations between British India and Ava : had a Dictionary of Pali compiled : returned to India, 1842 : died there in 1845-6.     
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