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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	Ibbetson
	First Name(s)	Denzil Charles Jelf
	Titles	Sir
	Year of Birth	1847
	Entry	I.C.S. : born Aug. 30, 1847 : son of Rev. Denzil John Holt Ibbetson : educated at St. Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia, and St. John's College, Cambridge : entered the Indian Civil Service, 1870 : posted to the Panjab : after serving in various posts, including Superintendent of Census, Director of Public Instruction and Financial Commissioner, was appointed Secretary to the Government of India in the Revenue and Agriculture Department : Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces : Member of the Supreme Council since 1902 : author of Handbook of Punjab Ethnography, Gazetteer of the Panjab, etc., etc. : K.C.S.I., 1903 : Officiating Lieutenant-Governor of the Panjab 1905.

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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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