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 |
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
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. | |