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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	Hyde
	First Name(s)	John
	Year of Birth	1737?
	Year of Death	1796
	Entry	Called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn : appointed a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court, Calcutta, on its establishment, 1774 : was one of the magistrates who, on May 6, 1775 : committed Nuncomar (q.v.) to trial for forgery : was one of the Judges who tried Nuncomar. After more than 21 years' uninterrupted service as Judge, he died July 8, 1796, and was buried in Calcutta : a Government notification and lengthy epitaph testified to his virtues and the esteem in which he was held.

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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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