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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  Caird    
First Name(s)  Sir James    
Year of Birth  1816    
Year of Death  1892    
Entry  One of the greatest authorities of his time on all agricultural subjects : son of James Caird, born June, 1816 : educated at Edinburgh High School and University : farmed for 20 years : engaged in the Free Trade controversy : reported on Ireland in 1850, and for the Times on agricultural depression : was M.P. for Dartmouth and the Stirling Burghs : 1857-65 : toured in America, and served on various Commissions : F.R.S., C.B. and K.C.B. in 1882 : visited India for six months in 1878-9, as a Member of Sir R. Strachey's Indian Famine Commission : published an account of his experiences, first in the Nineteenth Century, and afterwards in a volume, India, the Land and the People : was afterwards a Member of other Commissions on land questions : LL.D. of Edinburgh : on the Board of Agriculture in 1889, and Privy Councillor : died Feb. 9, 1892.     
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