Alfred William Begbie
Alfred William Begbie was a British civil servant in India.[1]
On 14 January 1818 he got nominated to East India Company College.[2]
On 28 May 1818 he passed the Public Examination with great credit from College at Haileybury in Hertfordshire.[3]
On 3 December 1819 he was awarded prize in Bengalese and great credit in other departments in the Public Examination' at East India Company College.[4]
On 16 February 1821 he was appointed as Assistant to Magistrate of Northern Division of Bundelcund.[5]
On 10 August 1822 he was appointed as Register of Civil Court of Northern Division of Bundelcund.[6]
He married Margaret Anna(daughter of James Grant) at Allahabad on 30 August 1825.[7] Frances Charlotte was their daughter.[8]
On 26 November 1825 he was appointed Deputy Collector of Banda.[9]
On 23 June 1828 his wife died at Humeerpore.[10]
He re-married Margaret Watt (eldest daughter of the Isaac Watt, Esq., of Logie, Angusshire, Scotland) at Allahabad on 22 February 1836.[11] Gertrude Emma(born 7 February 1842) was their daughter.[12]
In 2 June 1837 he was appointed as Civil & Session Judge of Mynpoorie by ieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces.[13]
During January to June 1853 (at least) he was Judge at the Nizāmat ʿAdālat of North-Western Provinces.[14]
From 10 October 1853 to 7 November 1853 he held position of Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces as an In charge (acting).[15]
[edit] References
- ^ The Bengal directory and annual register #41
- ^ East-India Register and Directory #xxxvii
- ^ The Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany By East India Company #105
- ^ The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India #57
- ^ The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British India and its dependencies #374
- ^ The Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany #175
- ^ The Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany By East India Company #287
- ^ thePeerage.com A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe
- ^ The Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany By East India Company #715
- ^ The Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany By East India Company #266
- ^ FIBIS: Marriage announcements taken from the East India Register
- ^ Full text of "Visitation of England and Wales"
- ^ The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany By East India Company #230
- ^ Decisions of the Nizamut Adawlut By North-Western Provinces, India
- ^ The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain #130
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| Preceded by James Thomason |
Lieutenant Governor of the North-Western Provinces Acting 10 October 1853 – 7 November 1853 |
Succeeded by J. R. Colvin |
