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The late Lieutenant-Colonel P. T. French, Chairman of Bombay, Baroda, & Central India Railway, 1890 Creator: R. Taylor.

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The late Lieutenant-Colonel P. T. French, Chairman of Bombay, Baroda, & Central India Railway, 1890. 'Among the deaths announced at the beginning of this year was that of the founder and chairman of the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway, Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Theodore French, a retired officer of the army of the Honourable East India Company. In 1841-2 he served in Scinde as political agent at Sibi, in Upper Scinde, and in 1844 was acting political agent at Jodhpoor, in Rajpootana; subsequently Town Major at Bombay; and lastly, in 1851, officiating Resident at Baroda. After thirty years' continuous service, returning to England he set himself to work to found the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway, and was its chairman for nearly thirty years, managing its affairs with good success'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.

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