Palgrave, William Gifford, 1826-1888
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1847 lieutenant in the 8th Bombay regiment of native infantry; 1849 converted to Roman Catholicism and entered the Jesuit college in Madras; 1849-1853 missionary in southern India; 1853-1855 studied in Rome; 1855-?1861 missionary in Syria; 1861 French agent in Egypt; 1862-1863 travelled across central Arabia disguised as a Syrian Christian; ? 1863 renounced Catholicism and Napoleon III; ? 1864 entered British foreign service; 1865 mission to Abyssinia; 1867 transferred to Trebizond [Trabizon]; 1873-1876 consul at St Thomas, West Indies; 1876-1878 consul at Manila; 1878 consul-general in Bulgaria; 1879-? 1884 consul at Bangkok; 1884-1888 minister-resident in Uruguay; c 1886 reconciled to the Roman Catholic church.
Epithet: diplomat and traveller
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- Scotland, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Central Asia, Asia (as recorded)
- Rajputana, India (as recorded)
- Pondicherry, India (as recorded)
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (as recorded)
- Exeter, Devon (as recorded)
- Iran, Asia (as recorded)
- Kalat State, Pakistan (as recorded)
- Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
- Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Madras, India (as recorded)
- Gohad, Gwalior State (as recorded)
- Salford, Lancashire (as recorded)
- Russia, Europe, Asia (as recorded)
- Travancore State, India (as recorded)
- Mysore State, India (as recorded)
- Persian Gulf, Asia (as recorded)
- Zanzibar, Africa (as recorded)
- Baroda State, India (as recorded)
- Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (as recorded)
- Salem, Madras (as recorded)
- East Africa, Africa (as recorded)
- Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Hyderabad State, India (as recorded)
- Leicestershire, England (as recorded)
- Udaipur State, India (as recorded)
- Arabian Peninsula, Africa (as recorded)
- Afghanistan, Asia (as recorded)
- Mysore State, India (as recorded)
- Russia, Europe, Asia (as recorded)
- Sind, India (as recorded)
- Colchester, Essex (as recorded)
- Asia Minor, Asia (as recorded)
- Cochin State, India (as recorded)
