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Born May 3, 1804 • England
Died September 27, 1853 (aged 49) • Bareilly • India
Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet.
Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet
British statesman
Earl of Ellenborough, detail of an oil painting by F.R. Say, c. 1845; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Edward Law, earl of Ellenborough
British governor of India
Earl Amherst, detail of an oil painting after A. Devis; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Pitt Amherst, lst Earl Amherst
British diplomat
Dalhousie, detail of an oil painting by Sir John Watson-Gordon, 1847; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
James Andrew Broun Ramsay, marquess and 10th earl of Dalhousie
governor-general of India
Napier, Robert Napier, 1st Baron
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier
British field marshal
Sir Philip Francis, detail of an oil painting by J. Lonsdale; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Philip Francis
British politician
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Sir Olaf Caroe
British administrator
Dupleix, engraving by Marie Champion de Cernel after a portrait by Sergent
Joseph-François Dupleix
French colonial official
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese navigator
Guilluame-Thomas, abbé de Raynal, detail of an engraving by Nicolas Delaunay, 1780, after a drawing by Charles-Nicolas Cochin.
Guillaume-Thomas Raynal, abbé de Raynal
French author
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Francisco de Almeida
viceroy of India
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Duarte Pacheco Pereira
Portuguese explorer
Annie Besant
Annie Besant
British social reformer
Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
English politician and author
Lord Curzon
Lord Curzon
British foreign secretary
Clement Attlee
Clement Attlee
prime minister of United Kingdom
Frederick Lugard
Frederick Lugard
British colonial administrator
Bentinck, Lord William
Lord William Bentinck
British government official
Thomas Stamford Raffles
Sir Stamford Raffles
British colonial agent
Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor
Indian politician and author