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Canning, Charles John
Persoon · 1812-1862

Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning, also known as The Viscount Canning and Clemency Canning, was a British statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and the first Viceroy of India after the transfer of power from the East India Company to the Crown of Queen Victoria in 1858 after the rebellion was crushed
Clerk, George, Sir
Clerk, George, Sir
Persoon · 1787-1867

Sir George Clerk of Pennyculk, 6th Baronet was a Scottish politician who served as the Tory MP for Edinburghshire, Stamford and Dover. He was Chairman of the Royal Academy of Music and President of the Zoological Society of London 1862-1867.
Gray, John Edward
Gray, John Edward
Persoon · 1800-1875

John Edward Gray was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of zoologist George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray. Gray was keeper of zoology at the British Museum from 1840 until 1874, before the natural history holdings were split off to the Natural History Museum. He published several catalogues of the museum collections that included discussions of animal groups and descriptions of new species
Gaekwad, Ganpat Rao
Persoon · 1847-1856

Ganpat Rao Gaekwad was the ninth Maharaja of Baroda State reigning from 1847 to 1856. He was the eldest son of Sataji Rao Gaekwad II and became Maharaja of Baroda after the death of his father. He dies in 1856 and after his death, he was succeeded by his second younger brother Khanderao II Gaekwad