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Dictionary of Indian Biography J to L

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Date transcribed	2011-05-01
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.

	Surname	Johnstone
	First Name(s)	James Henry
	Year of Birth	1787
	Year of Death	1851
	Entry	Entered the Navy in 1803 : was at Trafalgar and variously employed : on half-pay in 1815 : went to Calcutta in 1817: obtained a ship and made voyages to England : was nominated to certain appointments which he never took up : his proposals, in 1823, for establishing steam communication with India via the Mediterranean and Red Sea, not accepted : took the Enterprise, a private steam vessel, from England round the Cape to India, 1825 : his scheme for establishing steam navigation on the Ganges, in iron vessels, accepted : controller of the Co.'s steamers, 1833-50 : died on his voyage home to retire, May 5, 1851.

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