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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed	2011-04-00
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.

	Surnames	Garth
	First Name(s)	Richard
	Titles	Sir
	Year of Birth	1820
	Year of Death	1903
	Entry	Son of the Rev. Richard Garth : born March 11, 1820 : educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford : he was Captain of the Oxford cricket eleven in 1840 and 1841: called to the bar, at Lincoln's Inn, in 1847 : was Q.C. and a Bencher in 1866 : was Conservative M.P. for Guildford, 1866-8 : and Chief Justice of Bengal from 1875 to 1886 : knighted in 1875 : made a Privy Councillor, 1889 : after his retirement retained his interest in Indian questions : wrote A few Plain Truths about India : died March 23, 1903.

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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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