Sir Lepel Henry Griffin KCSI

Order of the Star of India

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 (1838–1908) was a British administrator and diplomat in colonial India

British Raj

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. He was also a writer.

Career

He entered the Indian Civil Service in 1860. In 1880 he became Chief Secretary of the Punjab. He was sent as a diplomatic representative to Kabul

Kabul

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, at the end of the Second Afghan War. He was then Governor-General's Agent in Central India and Resident

Resident (title)

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 in Indore

Indore

Indore is one of the major city in India, the largest city and commercial center of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631...

; and Resident in Hyderabad.

He collaborated with the pioneer Indian photographer Lala Deen Dayal

Lala Deen Dayal

Lala Deen Dayal was an Indian photographer. His photography career began in the mid-1870s as a commissioned photographer, eventually he set up studios in Indore, Mumbai and Hyderbad; he became the court photographer to the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahbub Ali Khan, Asif Jah VI, who awarded him...

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He was a proponent of an Anglo-American union, he addressed a meeting on 15 October, 1898 in Luton

Luton

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, on the subject of the suggested Anglo-American union, Col. John Hay

John Hay

John Milton Hay was an American statesman, diplomat, author, journalist, and private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln.-Early life:...

, the former United States Ambassador at London attended the meeting.