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BOWRING, LEWIN BENTHAM (1824–)
I.C.S.: born July 15, 1824: third son of Sir George Bowring: educated at Exeter, Leipzig and Haileybury, 1841–3: went out to India, 1843: Deputy Commissioner in the Panjab, 1849–54: Private Secretary to Lord Canning, when Viceroy, April, 1858 to 1862: Chief Commissioner of Mysore and Coorg, 1862–70: retired, 1870: C.S.I., 1867: author of Eastern Experiences, Hyder Ali and Tippoo Sultan, and contributions to the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
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