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William Patrick Adam

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William Patrick Adam, CIE, DL (14 September 1823 – 24 May 1881) was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician. [1]

61 relations: Acton Smee Ayrton, Adam baronets, Algernon Greville, 2nd Baron Greville, British people, Call to the bar, Carlo Pellegrini (caricaturist), Charles Adam, Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency), Deputy Lieutenant, Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne, Fife, First Commissioner of Works, Frederick Adam, George Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Baron Eversley, Gerard Noel (politician), Graham Graham-Montgomery, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Henry Whitmore, Hugh Childers, Inner Temple, James Adam (architect), James Stansfeld, John Adam (administrator), John Adam (architect), John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross, John Bonham-Carter (1817–1884), John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, John Vivian (Liberal politician), Kinross-shire, Liberal Party (UK), List of colonial Governors and Presidents of Madras, List of governors of Bombay, Lord Claud Hamilton (1813–1884), Lord Frederick Cavendish, Lord Henry Lennox, Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly, Member of parliament, Ooty, Order of the Crown of India, Order of the Indian Empire, Patrick Brydone, Paymaster General, Presidencies and provinces of British India, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Queen Victoria, Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Robert Adam, ..., Rugby School, Sir William Dunbar, 7th Baronet, Stephen Cave, The Right Honourable, Trinity College, Cambridge, Vanity Fair (UK magazine), William Adam of Blair Adam, William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto, William Ewart Gladstone, William Henry Gladstone, William Huddleston. Expand index (11 more) »

Acton Smee Ayrton

Acton Smee Ayrton (5 August 1816 – 30 November 1886) was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician.

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Adam baronets

There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Adam, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

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Algernon Greville, 2nd Baron Greville

Algernon William Fulke Greville, 2nd Baron Greville (11 February 1841 – 2 December 1909), styled Hon.

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British people

The British people, or the Britons, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.

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Call to the bar

The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received a "call to the bar".

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Carlo Pellegrini (caricaturist)

Carlo Pellegrini (25 March 1839 – 22 January 1889), who did much of his work under the pseudonym of Ape (Italian for "bee"), was an artist who served from 1869 to 1889 as a caricaturist for Vanity Fair magazine, a leading journal of London society.

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Charles Adam

Admiral Sir Charles Adam, FRSE KCB (6 October 1780 – 19 September 1853) was a British naval officer who served during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)

Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918.

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Deputy Lieutenant

In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is a Crown appointment and one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area: an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county.

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Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne

Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne (29 April 1829 – 6 February 1893), known as E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen, was a British Liberal politician.

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Fife

Fife (Fìobha) is a council area and historic county of Scotland.

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First Commissioner of Works

The First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings was a position within the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Frederick Adam

General Sir Frederick Adam (17 June 178417 August 1853) was a Scottish major-general at the Battle of Waterloo, in command of the 3rd (Light) Brigade.

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George Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Baron Eversley

George John Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Baron Eversley PC, DL (12 June 1831 – 19 April 1928) was a British Liberal Party politician.

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Gerard Noel (politician)

Gerard James Noel PC, DL, JP (28 August 1823 – 19 May 1911), styled The Honourable Gerard Noel from birth, was a British Conservative politician.

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Graham Graham-Montgomery

Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Baronet Stanhope DL (9 July 1823 – 2 June 1901) was a Scottish baronet and member of the British House of Commons.

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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865) was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century.

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Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne

Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, (14 January 1845 – 3 June 1927) was a British statesman who served successively as the fifth Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

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Henry Whitmore

Henry Whitmore (13 October 1813 – 2 May 1876) was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1852 and 1870.

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Hugh Childers

Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (25 June 1827 – 29 January 1896) was a British Liberal statesman of the nineteenth century.

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Inner Temple

The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London.

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James Adam (architect)

James Adam (21 July 1732 – 20 October 1794) was a Scottish architect and furniture designer, but was often overshadowed by his older brother and business partner, Robert Adam.

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James Stansfeld

Sir James Stansfeld GCB PC (5 October 1820 – 17 February 1898) was a British politician.

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John Adam (administrator)

John Adam (4 May 1779 – 4 June 1825) was a United Kingdom administrator in India, serving as the acting Governor-General of the British East India Company in 1823.

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John Adam (architect)

John Adam (5 March 1721 – 25 June 1792) was a Scottish architect.

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John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross

John Blair Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross (11 July 1837 – 22 January 1905) was a Scottish lawyer and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1899.

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John Bonham-Carter (1817–1884)

John Bonham-Carter (13 October 1817 in Portsmouth – 26 November 1884) was an English Liberal politician.

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John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone

John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone and 1st Baron Elphinstone (23 June 1807 – 19 July 1860) was a Scottish soldier, politician and colonial administrator.

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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known by his courtesy title Lord John Russell before 1861, was a leading Whig and Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions during the early Victorian era.

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John Vivian (Liberal politician)

John Cranch Walker Vivian (18 April 1818 – 22 January 1879) was an English Liberal politician from the Vivian family who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1841 and 1871.

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Kinross-shire

The County of Kinross is a historic county and registration county in eastern Scotland, administered as part of Perth and Kinross since 1930.

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Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major parties in the United Kingdom – with the opposing Conservative Party – in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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List of colonial Governors and Presidents of Madras

This is a list of the Governors, Agents, and Presidents of colonial Madras, initially of the English East India Company, up to the end of British colonial rule in 1947.

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List of governors of Bombay

Until the 18th century, Bombay consisted of seven islands separated by shallow sea.

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Lord Claud Hamilton (1813–1884)

Lord Claud Hamilton PC (27 July 1813 – 3 June 1884) was a British Conservative politician.

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Lord Frederick Cavendish

Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish (30 November 1836 – 6 May 1882) was an English Liberal politician and protégé of the Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone.

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Lord Henry Lennox

Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox PC (2 November 1821 – 29 August 1886), known as Lord Henry Lennox, was a British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1846 to 1885 and was a close friend of Benjamin Disraeli.

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Lords Commissioners of the Treasury

In the United Kingdom there are at least six Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, serving as a commission for the ancient office of Lord High Treasurer.

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Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly

Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly KP (26 September 1829 – 16 March 1888) was an Anglo-Irish Liberal politician.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Ooty

Udagamandalam (also known as Ootacamund), and abbreviated as Udhagai or Ooty, (is a town and municipality in Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 86 km north of Coimbatore and 128 km south of Mysore and is the capital of the Nilgiris district. It is a popular hill station located in the Nilgiri Hills. Originally occupied by the Toda people, the area came under the rule of the East India Company at the end of the 18th century. The economy is based on tourism and agriculture, along with the manufacture of medicines and photographic film. The town is connected by the Nilgiri ghat roads and Nilgiri Mountain Railway. Its natural environment attracts tourists and it is a popular summer destination. In 2011, the town had a population of 88,430.

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Order of the Crown of India

The Imperial Order of the Crown of India is an order in the British honours system.

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Order of the Indian Empire

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1878.

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Patrick Brydone

Patrick Brydone, FRSE, FRS, FSA (Scot), FSA (5 January 1736 – 19 June 1818) was a Scottish traveller and author who served as Comptroller of the Stamp Office.

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Paymaster General

Her Majesty's Paymaster General or HM Paymaster General is a ministerial position in the United Kingdom.

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Presidencies and provinces of British India

The Provinces of India, earlier Presidencies of British India and still earlier, Presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in the subcontinent.

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Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.

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Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, (10 September 1823 – 26 March 1889), styled Earl Temple until 1839 and Marquess of Chandos from 1839 to 1861, was a British soldier, politician and administrator of the 19th century.

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Robert Adam

Robert Adam (3 July 1728 – 3 March 1792) was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer.

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Rugby School

Rugby School is a day and boarding co-educational independent school in Rugby, Warwickshire, England.

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Sir William Dunbar, 7th Baronet

Sir William Dunbar, 7th Baronet (2 March 1812 – 18 December 1889) was a Scottish Liberal Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons.

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Stephen Cave

Sir Stephen Cave (28 December 1820 – 6 June 1880) was a British lawyer, writer and Conservative politician.

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The Right Honourable

The Right Honourable (The Rt Hon. or Rt Hon.) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and to certain collective bodies in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, India, some other Commonwealth realms, the Anglophone Caribbean, Mauritius, and occasionally elsewhere.

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Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.

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Vanity Fair (UK magazine)

The second Vanity Fair was a British weekly magazine published from 1868 to 1914.

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William Adam of Blair Adam

The Right Hon.

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William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto

William Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd Earl of Minto (19 March 1814 – 17 March 1891), was a British Whig politician.

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William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone, (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman of the Liberal Party.

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William Henry Gladstone

William Henry Gladstone (3 June 1840 – 4 July 1891) was a British Liberal Party Member of Parliament, and the eldest son of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone and his wife Catherine née Glynne.

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William Huddleston

William Huddleston (1826–1894) was a British colonial administrator who acted as the Governor of Madras from 24 May 1881 to 5 November 1881.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Patrick_Adam

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