Dictionary of Indian Biography/Roberts, John Blessington
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ROBERTS, JOHN BLESSINGTON (1819–1880)
Born July 17, 1819: went to India as a private soldier in 1840: joined the Bengal Sappers and Miners: and the Police as a Deputy Superintendent in 1849: rose to be Deputy Commissioner of Police in Calcutta, 1856–63: J.P.: Presidency Magistrate, 1862–71: Coroner of Calcutta: Superintendent of Stamps and Stationery, 1871–80: for many years, as Member of the Corporation of Calcutta, took an independent line: on behalf of the public interests, gaining the title of "Tribune of the people": died May 5, 1880.