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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed	2011-01-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Clapperton
	First Name(s)	Andrew Balfour
	Year of Birth	1794
	Year of Death	1847
	Entry	Captain : Master-attendant at Calcutta: went to sea in 1808 in the E. I. Co.'s mercantile service : served in the expeditions against the Isle of France and Java : commanded merchant-ships to and from Calcutta for years ; ""no man in the country's service ever bore a higher character."" He safely rounded Cape Horn, with a lascar crew, in 1822-3 : having served as second and first Assistant, he became Master-attendant, 1840-2, and was confirmed in 1847, but died, Sep. 20. He was at various times Judge Advocate of the Marine Committee of Enquiry : regarded as a tried and valuable officer of the Company, and much esteemed in society.

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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each

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