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 BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786–1855)

Son of Christopher Buckingham: born Aug. 25, 1786: was at sea from 1796: went to India, 1815: in 1818, at Calcutta, he brought out the Calcutta Journal, attacked Government so vigorously that, in 1823, his licence was taken away by Mr. (q.v.), and he was deported from the country: years afterwards, the E.I. Co. gave him a pension of £200 a year: went to India again when the restrictions on the Press had been removed: M.P. for Sheffield, 1832–7: conducted the Oriental Herald and Colonial Review, 1824–9, and was connected with other journals, besides writing largely on social and political subjects: travelled extensively to and from India: wrote Arabia, 1825: Mesopotamia and Adjacent Countries, 1827: Assyria and Media, 1830: travelled also in Europe and N. America: and gave lectures in England: died June 30, 1855.  BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS, RICHARD PLANTAGENET CAMPBELL-TEMPLE-NUGENT-BRYDGES-CHANDOS-GRENVILLE, THIRD DUKE OF (1823–1889)

Governor: born Sep. 10, 1823, only son of the second Duke: educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford: M.P. for Buckingham, 1846–57: Junior Lord of the Treasury, 1852: as Marquis of Chandos was Chairman of the London and N.W. Railway, 1853–61: succeeded as Duke, 1861: Lord President of the Council, 1866–7: Secretary for the Colonies, 1867–8: Governor of Madras from Nov. 1875 to Dec. 1880: had to deal with the severe famine of 1877, when immense numbers of the population came on relief works and gratuitous relief, and there was great mortality: built Government House at Ootacamund: Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords, 1886–9: P-C.: G.C.S.I.: C.I.E.: D.C.L.: died March 26, 1889: when the Dukedom became extinct.  BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ROBERT HOBART, FOURTH EARL OF (1760–1816)

Son of third Earl: born May 6, 1760: educated at Westminster: joined 7th regt., 1776: served in the American war: Major: M.P. in both the English and Irish Parliaments: Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1789–93: Privy Councillor, 1793: was, as Lord Hobartr Governor of Madras from Sep. 1794 to Feb. 1798: led an expedition to Malacca and destroyed the Dutch settlements: by his independence he came into antagonism with the Governor-General, Sir John Shore, over the affairs of the Nawab of the Carnatic, when Hobart desired to make financial reforms: the Court of Directors recalled him, but supported his action in Tanjore affairs: Hobart cooperated with the Governor-General against Tippoo: called up to the House of Lords, 1798: helped to arrange the union with Ireland, 1799: Secretary for War and the Colonies, 1801–4: became Earl, 1804: appointed President of the Board of Control, April 4, 1812: and spoke on the renewal of the E.I. Co.'s charter, 1813: died Feb. 4, 1816.  BUCKLAND, CHARLES EDWARD (1847–)

I.C.S.: son of Charles Thomas Buckland, I.C.S.: born Sep. 19, 1847: educated at Laleham, Eton, and Balliol College, Oxford: joined the Civil Service in Bengal, 1870: Private Secretary to Sir Richard Temple, when Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, 1874–7, and Governor of Bombay, 1877–8: Revenue, and Chief Secretary to Government of Bengal, and Member of the Bengal Legislative Council: Senior Member of the Board of Revenue: retired in 1904: C.I.E., 1895: author of Bengal under the Lieutenant Governors: editor of The Dictionary of Indian Biography.  BUCKLAND, CHARLES THOMAS (1824–1894)

I.C.S.: son of the Rev. John Buckland: born Feb. 27, 1824: educated at Laleham, Eton, and Haileybury: gained his appointment to the Indian Civil Service by competition at Eton: went to India in 1844: served throughout his career in Bengal, making a reputation for ability and independence as an administrator: Junior Secretary to the Governor of Bengal: Member of the Bengal Legislative Council, and Member of the Board of Revenue, Calcutta: retired in 1881: died March 21, 1894.