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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 | Evans | | | First Name(s) | William David | | | Titles | Sir | | | Year of Birth | 1767 | | | Year of Death | 1821 | | | Entry | Son of John Evans : born May 25, 1767 : educated at Harrow : an attorney from 1789 to 1794, when he was called to the bar from Gray's Inn : wrote on legal and political questions : was a stipendiary magistrate at Manchester, 1813 : Vice- Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster, 1815 : in 1819 he became Recorder of Bombay and was knighted : but died there Dec. 5, 1821. |
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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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