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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
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  East    
First Name(s)  Edward Hyde    
Titles  Sir, Baronet    
Year of Birth  1764    
Year of Death  1847    
Entry  Born in Jamaica, Sep. 9, 1764 : called to the bar from the Inner Temple, 1786 : M.P. for Great Malvern : published the Term Reports of cases in the King's Bench for many years, and a work on the Criminal Law : Chief Justice of Bengal from 1813 to 1821 : knighted on appointment : took a leading part in the establishment of the Hindu College at Calcutta : made a Baronet in 1823 : M.P. for Winchester, 1823-30 : member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 1833 : member of Council of the Royal Asiatic Society : F.R.S. : bencher of the Inner Temple : died Jan. 8, 1847.     
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