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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Govind Singh.

revenue of Rs. 628., The title of Raja has been recognised by the Govvernment. Address: Seona, Jalam, U.P., India.

Gracey, Col. Thomas, C.S.I. (1897), P.W.D., India (retired); s. of Thomas Gracey of Ballyhosseth, Down; b, 1843; educ: Enniskillen Royal School; entered R.E., 1862; Assistant Engineer, 1867; Executive Engineer. 1870; Engineer-in-Chief, Punjab Railway, 1879; N.W. Provinces and Oudh, 1882; Secretary to Chief Commissioner, P.W.D., Burma, 1887; Superintending Engineer, 1888; Consulting Engineer to Govt, of India, 1891; Chief Engineer, 1892; Director-General of Railways, 1895; Secretary to Govt, of India (Railway Deptt). 1897; retired, 1898. Address: Kidbrooke Grove, Blackheath, S.E.

Graham, Hon. Mr. J. F., Member, Assam Council; educ: Rutland College and Trinity College, Dublin; joined service as Asstt. Collector and Magistrate, Madras, 1902; Asstt Accountant-General, Punjab, 1901; Offg Accountant-General, 1912; transferred to Assam where he is an Addl Member of the Legislative Council. Address: Gauhati, Assam, India.

Graham, Walter Armstrong, F.R.G.C., M.R.S.R., Adviser to the Minister of Lands and Agriculture; e.s. of John Graham, J.P., Grasmere, Westmorland; m. Maude, d. of late Henry Barver of Wilmslow, Cheshire, 1898; educ: Trinity College, Oxford; entered Burma Civil Service, 1889; Assistant Political Officer, Northern Shan States, 1898; services lent to Siam, 1897 , Director, Bangkok Revenue Department, 1891; Director Land Records Department, Siam, 1901; resigned Burma Civil Service, 1903; Commander, Order of the White Elephant, 1908; Resident Commissioner, Kelantan, 1905. Publications: The French Roman Catholic Mission in Siam; Kelantan a Handbook. Recreation: riding, tennis. Address: The Residency, Kelantan, via Singapore. Club: British, United, Bangkok.

Graham. Hon’ble W. L.; elected non-official Member, Legislative Council, Bombay; took his seat, 6th May 1913. Address: Bombay, India.

Grahame, W. F., M.A. (Dublin); I.C.S. (retired); Editor, “Madras Times”; s. of late George Grahame, educ: Dublin University; joined service, 1863; Collector and Magistrate, Tanjore, 1878; District and Sessions Judge, Tinnevelly; later at Cuddalore, where he is still remembered; retired, 1899; joined the staff of the “Madras Times” as Editor, 1900; for many years Examiner in English for the Madras University. Address: “Woodlands”, Rayapeta. Madras, India.

Grant, Alfred Hamilton, C.I.E., 1908; b. 1872; 2nd surv. s. of late Sir Alexander Grant, 10th Bart, of Dalvey; educ: Fettes College, Edinburgh; Balliol Coll., Oxford; joined I.C.S., 1895; served as Assistant Commissioner, Junior and Senior Secretary to the Financial Commissioner in the Punjab; Deputy Commissioner of various Frontier districts; Assistant Secretary to Government of India, Foreign Department; Secretary to Frontier Administration; accompanied Dane Mission to Kabul, 1904-5 Address: Peshawar, India. Clubs: East India, United

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