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BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855) , English author and traveller, was born near Falmouth on the 25th of August 1786, the son of a farmer. His youth was spent at sea. After years of wandering he established in 1818 the Calcutta Journal. This venture at first proved highly successful, but in 1823 thepaper's outspoken criticisms of the East
paper by John Adam
governor -general. His case was brought before parliament , and a pension of zoo a year was subsequently awarded him by the East
Athenaeum
parliament , where he sat as member for Sheffield from 1832-1837, he was a strong advocate of social reform. He was a most voluminous writer. He had travelled much in Europe, America and the East, and wrote a great
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His youngest son, Leicester Silk Buckingham (1825-1867), achieved no little popularity as a playwright, several of his free adaptations of French comedies being produced in London between 186o and 1867. End of Article: BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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