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See also:TEMPLE, See also:SIR See also:RICHARD, See also:BART . (1826-1902), See also:English See also:administrator, a descendant in the See also:female See also:line of the Temples of See also:Stowe, was See also:born on the 8th of See also:March 1826, and after being educated at See also:Rugby and Haileybury, joined the See also:Bengal See also:Civil Service. His See also:industry and ready See also:pen soon obtained appreciation, and after acting as private secretary for some years to See also:John See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence in the See also:Punjab, and gaining useful See also:financial experience under See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:- WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
- WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
- WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
- WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
- WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
- WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
- WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
- WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
- WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
- WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
- WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
- WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
- WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
- WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
- WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )
Wilson, he was appointed See also:Resident at Haidarabad. In 1867 he was made K.C.S.I. In 1868 he be-came a member of the supreme See also:government, first as See also:foreign secretary and then as See also:finance See also:minister; and he did admirable See also:work during the See also:famine of 1874, in the course of which he was made See also:lieutenant-See also:governor of Bengal. His services were re-cognized by the bestowal of a baronetcy in 1876. In 1877 he was made governor of Bombay, and his activity during the Afghan See also:War of 1878–8o was untiring. In r88o he See also:left See also:India to enter on a See also:political career in See also:England, but it was not till 1885 that he was returned as a conservative for the See also:Evesham See also:division of See also:Worcestershire. Meanwhile he produced several books on See also:Indian subjects. In See also:parliament he was assiduous in his attendance, and he spoke on Indian subjects with admitted authority; but he was not otherwise a See also:parliamentary success, and to the public he was best known by the caricatures in See also:Punch, which exaggerated his See also:physical peculiarities and made him look like a lean and hungry See also:tiger. In 1885 he became See also:vice-chairman of the See also:London School See also:Board, and as chairman of its finance See also:committee he did useful and congenial work. In 1892 he changed his See also:constituency for the See also:Kingston division, but in 1895 he retired from parliament, being in 1896 made a Privy Councillor. He had kept a careful See also:journal of his parliamentary experiences, intended for See also:posthumous publication; and he himself publisheda See also:short See also:volume of reminiscences. He died at See also:Hampstead on the 15th of March 1902. He was twice married, and left a daughter and three sons, all of the latter distinguishing themselves in the public service.
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