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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Elphinstone, Mountstuart, 1779-1859 NRA: Elphinstone, Mountstuart (1779-1859), Governor of Bombay, historian of India DNB: Elphinstone, Mountstuart (1779-1859), administrator in India LBT ID: MoElphi1859 VIAF ID: 51698000 LOC ID: n50078872 | B/BAP: 1779-10-06 DIED: 1859-11-20 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File | |
After education in the Edinburgh High School he was in the Bengal civil service (1796);
he was ambassador at Kabul (1808) and governor of Bombay (1819-27). | |
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY Mountstuart Elphinstone:
An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary,
and India; comprising a View of the Afghaun Nation, and a History of the Dooraunee
Monarchy. Found 4.
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The History of India. Found 5.
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