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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  Grant-Duff    
First Name(s)  James Cunningham    
Year of Birth  1789    
Year of Death  1858    
Entry  Son of John Grant and Margaret Duff : born July 8, 1789 : educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen : joined the E.I. Co.'s military service at Bombay in 1805 : was at the storming of Maliah, 1808 : became Adjutant and Interpreter of his regiment : was Assistant to Mountstuart Elphinstone, then Resident of Poona, who had a high opinion of him : as Captain, he served against the Peshwa, Baji Rao, when the latter was dethroned in 1818, and was then made Resident of Satara, administering the State in the Raja's name till 1822, and making treaties with the Satara jagirdars. After five years he retired to Scotland and brought out the History of the Mahrattas in 1826. He took the additional names of Duff and Cunningham on succeeding to landed estates : died Sep. 23, 1858. Sir M. E. Grant-Duff {q.v.), formerly Governor of Madras, is his son.     
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