1801 - 1856 (55 years)
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Name |
Francis Horsley Robinson |
Birth |
10th July, 1801 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
14 Oct 1856 |
Constantinople |
Person ID |
I173412 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
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Notes |
- Scinde Railway Company - 1856 Proceedings Of The First Half Yearly General Meeting Of The Shareholders, held Nov. 4, 1856. -- The first half-yearly general meeting of the Proprietors of this Company, was held on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at their offices, Gresham House, Old Broad Street, Mr. W. P, Andrew, the Chairman of the Company, presiding.--It was with feelings of the deepest regret he referred to the death of his esteemed colleague, Mr. Francis Horsley Robinson, on the 14th of last month, at Constantinople. Mr. Robinson went out as Commissioner to the Turkish Government, representing the European and Indian Junction Telegraph Company, and was engaged in negotiations with the Turkish Government at the time of his death. He had spent many years of his life in India, where he acquired not only fortune, but a high and unblemished reputation, and he died while promoting the welfare of that country, by endeavouring to place it in telegraphic connection with Europe. By his death, he (the chairman) lost a warm friend and faithful counsellor.
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