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3 unusual facts about William Chichele Plowden


Indian Salt Service

In 1856, the government appointed the young William Chichele Plowden, Secretary of the Board of Revenue of the North West Provinces, to report on the establishment of a uniform system of revenue realisation from salt within the British Provinces, and he recommended the extension of the excise system, the reduction of duty, and the introduction of a system of licensing as the measures to achieve this goal.

William Chichele Plowden

They had a daughter Margaret who married Hubert Mostyn, 7th Lord Vaux.

William Plowden

William Chichele Plowden (1832–1915), civil servant; Member of the Legislative Council in India; Liberal Member of Parliament



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