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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	Colvile
	First Name(s)	Sir James William
	Year of Birth	1810
	Year of Death	1880
	Entry	Son of Andrew Wedderburn Colvile : born 1810 : educated at Eton, and Trinity College, Cambridge : called to the bar from the Inner Temple in 1835 : was appointed in 1845 to be Advocate-General, Bengal : made a Puisne Judge of the vSupreme Court, Calcutta, 1848 : knighted : Chief Justice, 1855-9, when he retired : was President of the Council of Education, and of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1848-59 : also Vice-President of the Governor-General's Legislative Council : after his retirement, he was Privy Councillor, and first Assessor, and, later, Member of the Judicial Committee : F.R.S. : died Dec. 6, 1880.

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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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