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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  Cockburn    
First Name(s)  Thomas    
Year of Birth  1763    
Year of Death  ?    
Entry  Appointed a writer at Fort St. George, 1779 : Member of the Board of Revenue in 1793 : in 1798 Lord Mornington strongly recommended him to the second Lord Clive, then Governor of Madras : in 1801 he was induced by the Court of Directors not to retire : was employed in settling the affairs of the Nawab of Arcot, and gave evidence before the House of Commons Committee on the affairs of the E. I. Co., in 1812. In 1813 he published a brochure in the form of an imaginary speech to be delivered by an M.P. on Legislative Interference in the Conversion of the Indian Population to Christianity.     
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