Mountstuart Elphinstone
| Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone | |||||||||
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| Born | 1779 | ||||||||
| Died | 1859 | ||||||||
| Occupation | administrative | ||||||||
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Contents
Notes
Office Notes
ESL Council 1843-44 Member, Trustee
ESL Council 1857-58 Vice President
House Notes
1844.01.02 The Secretary reported that the Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone, Samuel Duckworth Esq. and Thos. Hodgkin, MD, had consented to become the Trustees of the Society
1844.04.09 Publication Committee: Thomas Hodgkin, MD, George Ramsay Esq., J.A. St John Esq., W. Holt Yates, MD, Hon. Mr Elphinstone, Walter K. Kelly Esq., William Aldam, MP, Richard King, MD
Trustee Jun 1850
best man at Burton's father's wedding
Notes From Elsewhere
Mountstuart Elphinstone (6 October 1779 – 20 November 1859) was a Scottish statesman and historian, associated with the government of British India. He later became the Governor of Bombay (now Mumbai) where he is credited with the opening of several educational institutions accessible to the Indian population. Besides being a noted administrator, he wrote books on India and Afghanistan.
Member of the Athenaeum Club from 1830
See also chapter in Beyond the call of duty / by V. Raghunanthan and Veena Prasad
Publications
External Publications
• Elphinstone, Mountstuart. The History of India. Full text online at ibiblio.org (Both volumes in HTML form, complete, chapter-by-chapter, with all footnotes)
• Elphinstone, Mountstuart (1843 (First 1841)). The History of India (Vol. 1). London : J. Murray.
• Elphinstone, Mountstuart (1841). The History of India (Vol. 2). London : J. Murray.
• Elphinstone, Mountstuart (1905). History of India (9th ed.). London: J. Murray.
