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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I
| 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 | Grant | | | First Name(s) | John Peter | | | Titles | Sir | | | Year of Birth | 1807 | | | Year of Death | 1893 | | | Entry | I.C.S. : son of Sir John Peter Grant (q.v.) : born Nov. 23, 1807 : educated at Eton, Edinburgh University, Haileybury : went to India in 1828 : served for four years in the N.W.P. : Secretary in 1832 to the Board of Revenue, Calcutta : served in the Government of India Secretariat : was Superintendent of the Botanic Garden : Secretary to Lord Macaulay's Indian Law Commission, Private Secretary to the Governor-General : Commissioner for payment of the Maharaja of Mysore's debts : inquired into the proceedings for the suppression of meriah, or human sacrifices, in Ganjam : from 1848 to 1852 he was Secretary to the Government of Bengal under the Governor- General and, in his absence, under the Deputy Governor : was Secretary to the Government of India in the Home and Foreign Departments, 1852-4 : Member of the Governor- General's Supreme Council, 1854-9 : and, for a portion of that time, Lieutenant-Governor of the "" Central "" Provinces during the mutiny : Lieutenant- Governor of Bengal, 1859-62. As Member of Council he advocated annexation of Oudh, which was carried, instead of Lord Dalhousie's less thorough scheme : he passed an Act to legalize the marriage of Hindu widows. As Lieutenant- Governor, he had to deal with the indigo disturbances�incurring unpopularity with the planters in his determination to do justice to the cultivators�and with troubles from tribes on the frontier. In both these capacities he showed great ability, in writing, in speech, and in action : greatly trusted by Lords Dalhousie and Canning : K.C.B. in 1862. After the rebellion in Jamaica, in 1865, he was Governor of that island, 1866-73 : the whole administration was reformed by him, the finances re-organized, and sound political and fiscal principles applied by the light of his previous experience : died Jan. 6, 1893. |
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