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- 22nd Feb 1935 (Creation)
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Sir Edward Douglas Maclagan was a colonial administrator in India. Maclagan wrote widely about the Punjab area and in 1906 he was appointed Chief Secretary to the Government of the Punjab, becoming, in 1910, Secretary to the Revenue Department of the Indian Government and, from 1915 to 1918, Secretary to the Education Department. He became Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab in 1919 and Governor from 1921 to 1924. Concurrently from 1919-1924 he was Chancellor of University of the Punjab. He returned to England in 1924. From 1925 to 1928 and 1931 to 1934 he was President of the Royal Asiatic Society, and in 1930, its Director.
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Letter from Sir Edward Maclagan, Chair of Gold Medal Committee, to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to ask him to send on to the President the enclosed letter regarding their choice of candidate for the Gold Medal. Handwritten with printed letterhead, dated 22 February 1935. With this is a letter with their recommendation of Sir Denison Ross as the recipient. Handwritten with printed letterhead and signed by the 3 members of the Committee, undated.
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- English