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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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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	Hobhouse
	First Name(s)	Arthur
	Year of Birth	1819
	Year of Death	1904
	Entry	Born Nov. 10, 1819 : son of Right Hon. Henry Hobhouse : educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford : 1st class Classics, 1840 : called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1845 : Q.C., 1862 : Charity Commissioner, 1866 : Endowed Schools Commissioner, 1869 : Legal Member of the Supreme Council in India, 1872-7 : K.C.S.I., 1877 : Member of Judicial Committee of Privy Council, 1881-1901 : Member of the London School Board, 1882-4 : Alderman of the London County Council, 1889-92 : made a Peer, 1885 : C.I.E. : died Dec. 6, 1904 : some of his addresses have been printed under the title of The Dead Hand.

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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each

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