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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	Grand
	First Name(s)	George Francois
	Year of Birth	1748?
	Year of Death	1821
	Entry	Native of Lausanne : educated there : in early life sent to England : obtained, in 1766, a cadetship in Bengal : Lieutenant, 1768 : Captain in 1773 : after furlough in Europe, he was nominated to a writership in 1776 : soon became Secretary to the Salt Committee at Calcutta. On July 10, 1777, he married C. N. J. Worlee (q.v.), and, 1779, obtained 50,000 sicca rupees damages in an action at Calcutta against (Sir) Philip Francis, for crim. con. with his wife : divorced her later : she went to Europe, eventually marrying Talleyrand and figuring as Princesse de Benevento : Grand, in 1782, was Collector of Tirhut and Hajipur, and promoted the indigo manufacture in Bihar to his own advantage. In 1788 he was appointed Judge and Magistrate at Patna, warned to give up his indigo concerns, and finally removed from the service. He returned to Europe, and in France, by the influence of his former wife with Talleyrand, obtained the post of Privy Councillor of the Government of the Cape of Good Hope, from the Batavian Republic in 1802 : later, became Inspector of H.M.'s woods and lands there under the British : married again, and died at the Cape in 1821.

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