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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
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.

Surnames  Glenelg    
First Name(s)  Charles Grant    
Year of Birth  1778    
Year of Death  1866    
Entry  Son of Charles Grant (q.v.) : born Oct. 26, 1778, at Kidderpur, Bengal : came to England, 1790 : educated at Magdalen College, Cambridge : Fellow : won Claudius Buchanan's (q.v.) University Prize poem on ""The Restoration of Learning in the East "" : called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, Jan. 30, 1807 : M.P. from 1811-35 for Inverness and the county : Lord of the Treasury, 1813 : Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1819-23 : and Privy Councillor : Vice-President of the Board of Trade, 1823-7 : President of the Board, and Treasurer of the Navy, 1827-8 : President of the Board of Control from Nov. 22, 1830, to Dec. 15, 1834. It devolved on him to carry the Bill, in 1833, for the renewal of the E.I. Co.'s charter : the Company retained its political status, but its property was vested in the Crown : the Bishopric in India was increased. He was Secretary for the Colonies, 1835-9 : .made a peer in 1835 : abolished West Indian Slavery : his policy in Canada was attacked on all sides, and he resigned in 1839, receiving a pension and the office of Commissioner of the Land-Tax : died April 23, 1866, and the title became extinct.     
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