Macpherson Collection: correspondence and papers of Sir John Macpherson, Bart (1745-1821) 1760-1821

Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818

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Hastings was the first governor general of British India. He began in 1750 as a clerk at the East India Company. In 1761, he was appointed to the Calcutta Council, and in 1769, was made a member of the Madras Council. In 1771, he became governor of Bengal, and in 1774, governor general of India. In 1784, he resigned and returned to England, where he was charged with high crimes and misdemenears. He was impeached in 1787 but, after a long trial, was acquitted in 1795. He was made a privy councilo...

Macpherson, John, Sir, Baronet

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Epithet: DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x0002e0 Title: Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x0002ea Epithet: MP Title: Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x0002eb ...

Oakeley, Charles, Sir, 1st Baronet

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Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x0000c8 ...

Haidar, Ali

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Nandy, Krisna Kanta

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Francis, Philip, 1740-1818

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British civil servant. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : to his wife, London, Aire and Brussels, 1765 May 25-1767 Aug. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270750268 From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1788 Feb. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270750282 From the description of Autograph letters signed (12) : London and Calcutta, to Philip Baggs , 1770 Dec. 11 to 1776 Sept. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270750252 From ...

Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811

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Henry Dundas, the first Viscount Melville (1742-1811), statesman, was the father of Robert Saunders Dundas, the second Viscount Melville (1771-1851), also a statesman. Henry Dundas was educated at Edinburgh High School and University, before becoming solicitor-general for Scotland in 1766. He was M.P. for Midlothian 1774-1790, except for a few months in 1782, when he sat for Newtown, Isle of Wight. He was lord advocate 1775-1783, lord rector of Glasgow University 1781-1783, privy councillor, and...

George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830

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George Augustus Frederick was born August 12, 1762, the eldest son of George III of England and Queen Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester on September 8, 1762. George Augustus became a knight of the Garter on December 28, 1765, and was presented to the public in October, 1768. In August 1783, George Augustus came of age and assumed his seat in the House of Lords on November 11. He aligned himself with the Whig party which soon fell from fa...

Macpherson, Samuel Charters, Major

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Macpherson, James

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Epithet: Translator of Ossian, afterwards Agent for the Nawab of Arcot, and MP for Camelford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x0002dd Epithet: Historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x0002db Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F291 British Library Archives and Manuscr...

Nanda Kumar

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East India Company (active 1500-2004)

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Jones, William

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Epithet: of Norton-under-Cannock, county Staffordshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000441.0x00016e Epithet: Reverend; Perpetual Curate of Nayland 1777 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000441.0x000174 Epithet: gardener, of Glasgow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81...

Wraxall, Nathaniel William, Sir, 1st Baronet

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Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x000286 ...