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Date transcribed2011-05-01
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.

Surname  Lansdowne    
First Name(s)  Henry Charles Keith Petty - Fitzmaurice    
Titles  Fifth Marquess of    
Year of Birth  1845    
Entry  Born Jan. 14, 1845 : succeeded his father, 1866 : Under Secretary for War, 1872-4 : for India, 1880 : Governor- General of Canada, 1883-8 : Viceroy and Governor-General of India, 1888-94 : his Viceroyalty was a period of peace, solid progress and internal development without ambitious projects : the Legislative Councils were reconstituted and its members were given the rights of financial discussion and of interpellation : an Act was passed to protect young girls up to 12 : also a revised Factory Act : and the law for preventing cruelty to animals was improved : the police were reorganized : an Imperial Library and Record Office were founded : the Presidential Army system was abolished : the Indian mints were closed to the free coinage of silver : the misrule in Manipur was dealt with, and punishment inflicted for the murder of British officers there : the policy of a sphere of influence"" on the frontiers was carried out : by a mission to Kabul, arrangements were made for the demarcation of the Afghan-British frontier : railways and irrigation works were greatly extended : Secretary for War, 1895-1900 : Foreign Secretary since 1900. K.G : P.C. : G.C.S.I. : G.C.I.E. : G.C.M.G. : D.C.L. Oxford: LL.D.     
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