Sir Roper Lethbridge (23 December 1840 – 15 February 1919) was a British academic and civil servant in India and a

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politician who sat in the

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from 1885 to 1892.

Early life and education

Lethbridge was the son of E. Lethbridge of Ste. Addresse, France. He was educated at

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and entered

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in 1864.

Career

He was appointed a Professor in the Bengal Educational Department in 1868, and became a Fellow of

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and Secretary of

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Educational Commission. He was Editor of the ''Calcutta Quarterly Review'' from 1871 to 1878. In 1877, he moved to the Indian Political Department as Political Agent, 1st class, and was appointed Press Commissioner in 1878 when he was awarded Companion of the Indian Empire. He was knighted in 1885. Lethbridge was Hon. Member of the Anjuman-i-Punjab, a Member of the

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and the Asiatic Society of Bengal and a Member of Council of East Indian Association and of the National Indian Association. At the 1885 general election Lethbridge was elected as the

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(MP) for Kensington North. He was re-elected in

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held the seat until he stood down at the 1892 election. He was awarded a KCIE in the

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.Great Britain. India Office Lethbridge wrote several works about India. He died at the age of 78.

Personal life

Lethbridge married Eliza Finlay in 1865. Their daughter Caroline married Frederick Gorell Barnes. He married his second wife Emma Neave in 1897. They lived at Cornwall Terrace,

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, London.

Publications

''A Short Manual of the History of India''
(1881) * * * *''Swadeshi and British Fiscal Policy'' *''Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries'' 1919

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lethbridge, Roper 1840 births 1919 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 English Indologists Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Roper