John Adam

(1779-1825)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Adam, John, 1779-1825 DNB: Adam, John (1779–1825), administrator in India LBT ID: JoAdam1825 VIAF ID: 7319261 LOC ID: nr2001033056	B/BAP: 1779-05-04 DIED: 1825-06-04
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The son of the Scottish jurist William Adam (1751–1839); he was educated at Charterhouse and Edinburgh University; he was the acting governor-general in India who deported the journalist James Silk Buckingham.
REFERENCES TO John Adam: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter V 1826 Found 3: ¶ n3 ¶ 32 ¶ n3