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Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F
Date transcribed | 2011-03-01 | 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 | Devonshire | | First Name(s) | Spencer Compton Cavendish | | Titles | Eighth Duke Of | | Year of Birth | 1833 | | Entry | Born July 23, 1833 : succeeded his father in the title, 1891 : educated at Trinity College, Cambridge : M.P from 1857 : held a number of appointments in the Governments since 1862 : as Marquis of Hartington was Secretary of State for India from April, 1880, to Dec. 1882 : K.G. : P.C. : D.C.L. : LL.D. |
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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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