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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  Harington    
First Name(s)  Henry Byng    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1808    
Year of Death  1871    
Entry  Son of Henry Hawes Harington, of Madras : born 1808 : entered the E.I. Co.'s Bengal Army in 1824 : served with the 37th Bengal N.I. : present at Bhartpur, 1826 : transferred by regular nomination to the Civil Service, about 1828 : returned to England, and passed the required tests : served in the N.W.P. : rose to be Judge of the Sadr Court at Agra, 1852 : shut up in the Fort at Agra in the mutiny : became the Member, representing the N.W.P., of the Governor-General's Legislative Council, 1858-62 : was twice a temporary Member of the Supreme Council, confirmed in 1862 : retired in March, 1865 : declined the Lieutenant- Governorship of the N.W.P. on the retirement of Sir G. F. Edmonstone (q.v.) : K.C.S.L in 1866 : died Oct. 7, 1871.     
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