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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	Lushington
	First Name(s)	Stephen Rumbold
	Year of Birth	1776
	Year of Death	1868
	Entry	I.C.S. : son of Rev. James Stephen Lushington : born May, 1776 : educated at Rugby : went to Madras, 1790 : Secretary and Persian Translator to the Board of Revenue in 1798 : Private Secretary to General (Lord) Harris when C. in C. at Madras and Acting Governor : left the E. I. Co.'s service in 1807 : M.P. for Rye, 1807-12 : and for Canterbury, 1812-30 : Chairman of Committees in the House of Commons: Joint Secretary of the Treasury, 1824-7 : Privy Councillor, 1827 : Governor of Madras, Oct. 1827-Oct. 1832 : again M.P. for Canterbury, 1835-7 : D.C.L. : died Aug. 5, 1868 : wrote a life of his father-in-law, Lord Harris, 1840.

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