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George Udny
George Udny (1803–1879) was a British civil servant in India, barrister and author. Life He was the son of Robert George Udny (died 1830) and his wife Temperance Sophia Fleming (died 1854), and great-nephew of Robert Udny, plantation owner on Grenada. He was born into a family of nine children, of whom the five sons who grew to adulthood all joined the service of the East India Company. He was educated at East India Company College 1818–20, winning a prize in Persian. s:Modern English Biography/Volume 6 (1921 supplement) Udny became a writer of the Bengal Civil Service in 1819. He was acting magistrate of Jessore 1823, and acting import warehouse keeper 1826–7. He went home on leave in 1827, and returned to India 2 October 1830. He was secretary and treasurer of the Bank of Bengal 17 September 1833 to 1840. On furlough 1840–3, Udny was sub-treasurer to the general treasury Bengal 1843, and retired on the annuity fund 1851. Returning to the United Kingdom, Udny became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert George Udny
(Robert) George Udny () was a British planter in India, who later was employed by the Bengal Civil Service. He was a supporter of the Baptist missionaries Rev. John Thomas and William Carey. Background He was the son of Ernest and Sarah Udny, and nephew of Robert Udny. There was a strong West Indian background: Robert Udny owned enslaved people and a sugar plantation on Grenada, and Ernest, of Aberdeen and Calaveny, Grenada, died on the island. George Udny was born 1759/60, and in 1778 became a writer in Bengal in the British East India Company. Factor at Malda Udny became an indigo planter in the Bengal Presidency, in the role of Commercial Resident. Initially, in the 1780s, he was the main assistant to Charles Grant in his silk factory near Malda city. It was at English Bazaar ( Ingraj Bazar), in the fortified compound of the Commercial Resident. Grant also was an indigo planter in the area, in business on his own account. This he claimed as an innovation, at Gaumalti (near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Udny, Sir Richard
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