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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  Harris    
First Name(s)  George Francis Robert    
Year of Birth  1810    
Year of Death  1872    
Entry  Governor: son of General William George, the second Baron, and grandson of the first Baron Harris (q.v.) : born Aug. 14, 1810 : educated at Eton, privately, at Merton and Christ Church, Oxford : B.A., 1832 : D.C.L., 1863 : Governor of Trinidad, 1846 : Governor of Madras from April, 1754, to March, 1859 : during the mutiny he allowed Madras to be denuded of troops for service in Upper India : the rebellion did not extend to Madras : in a minute on the newspapers he made some disparaging remarks on the want of loyalty and principle on the part of the British Press throughout the country : he was made K.C.S.I. in 1861 : G.C.S.I. in 1866 : and Chamberlain to H.R.H. the (then) Princess of Wales on her marriage in 1863 : he died Nov. 23, 1872     
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