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3 unusual facts about John William Kaye


Calcutta Review

The Calcutta Review was founded in May 1844, by Sir John William Kaye and Reverend Alexander Duff.

John William Kaye

In 1856 he entered the civil service of the East India Company, and when in 1858 the government of India was transferred to the British crown, he succeeded John Stuart Mill as secretary of the political and secret department of the India office.

The son of Charles Kaye, a solicitor, he was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military College, Addiscombe.



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