Dictionary of Indian Biography/Arnold, William Delafield
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ARNOLD, WILLIAM DELAFIELD (1828–1859)
Son of Dr. Arnold, of Rugby: born April 7, 1828: educated at Rugby: student of Christ Church, Oxford: went to India in 1848, into the Native Infantry: was an Assistant Commissioner in the Panjab, and, in 1856, Director of Public Instruction: did good service in organising the Department: died at Gibraltar on April 9, 1859, on his way to England: wrote essays on social and Indian subjects, and Oakfield, or Fellowship in the East: his brother, Matthew Arnold, wrote A Southern Night in memory of him, and alluded to him in Stanzas from Carnac.