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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  Hobart    
First Name(s)  Vere Henry    
Year of Birth  1818    
Year of Death  1875    
Entry  Governor : son of the Hon. and Rev. Augustus Edward Hobart, sixth Earl of Buckinghamshire : born Dec. 8, 1818 : educated at Cheam, Surrey ; Trinity College, Oxford (Scholar) : was a clerk in the Board of Trade, 1840-61 : went to Brazil as Secretary to a diplomatic mission : Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and at the Home Office : sent to investigate the condition of the Turkish finances, and became Director-General of the Ottoman Bank : was Governor of Madras from May, 1872, until his death from typhoid at Madras on April 27, 1875. He promoted education, and the demand for a harbour and better drainage : he wrote on political questions : a collection of his Essays and Miscellaneous Writings was brought out by his widow.     
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