Ilbert, Courtenay, 1841-1924

1864 fellow of Balliol College, Oxford; 1869 Barrister, Lincoln's Inn; 1882 CIE; 1882-1886 legal member of council of Governor-general of India; 1886 president of council of Governor-general of India; 1886-1899 assistant parliamentary counsel to the treasury; 1899-1801 parliamentary counsel to the treasury; 1902-1921 clerk to the House of Commons; 1903 fellow of the British Academy; 1908 KCB; 1911 GCB.

Epithet: administrator in India, draftsman and legal writer

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