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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  Elphinstone    
First Name(s)  John    
Titles  Thirteenth Baron    
Year of Birth  1807    
Year of Death  1860    
Entry  Governor : and Lt-General : son of John, twelfth Lord Elphinstone : born June 23, 1807 : succeeded his father in 1813 : entered the Royal Horse Guards in 1826 : was a Lord-in-waiting, 1835-7 : G.C.H. in 1836 : Governor of Madras from March 1837, to Sep. 1842, during an uneventful period : encouraged the practice of resorting to the Nilgiri hills for the hot weather : travelled in Kashmir and Upper India : returned to England in 1845 : Lord-in-waiting again : Governor of Bombay, Dec. 1853, to May, 1860, during the mutiny, in which he showed his capacity for administration, suppressing all risings and annihilating a conspiracy in Bombay. He afforded great assistance to the Government of India by sparing troops from Bombay for the disaffected parts of the country : G.C.B. in 1858 : raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1859 : died July 19, 1860.     
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