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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  Edmonstone    
First Name(s)  Neil Benjamin    
Year of Birth  1765    
Year of Death  1841    
Entry  I.C.S. : born Dec. 6, 1765 : son of Sir Archibald Edmonstone, Bart., M.P. : went to Calcutta in the Civil Service, 1783 : appointed early to the Secretariat, and became Persian translator to Government : Private Secretary to the acting Governor- General, Sir Alured Clarke {q.v.) in April, 1798 : and Sir G. H. Barlow {q.v.) in Feb. 1807 : with Lord Wellesley in Madras for the campaign against Tippoo : Secretary in 1801 to the Government of India in the Foreign Department: Chief Secretary to Government, 1809 : Member of the Supreme Council, Oct. 30, 1812, to Jan. 17, 1818 : became in 1820 a Director of the E.I. Co. : died May 4, 1841.     
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