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NameCleghorn; Hugh Francis Clarke (1820-1895); forest conservator
Dates and Placesb. 9 Aug 1820, Madras; d. 16 May 1895, Stravithie.
SurnameCleghorn
ForenamesHugh Francis Clarke
HistoryNominated to the Madras Presidency in 1842 as an assistant surgeon, where from 1845-1847 he was appointed to the Mysore commission and served as surgeon and magistrate based at Shimoga. In his spare time he studied botany, commissioned botanical drawings from Indian artists, and became aware of the problems of deforestation.

In 1856 Cleghorn was appointed the first conservator of forests for the Madras Presidency. He worked to establish a forest department for the Punjab government, and in 1863 was asked to establish a national forest department for India (excluding Bombay and Madras) with Dietrich Brandis.

He was President of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh in 1869, and was involved in the International Forestry Exhibition in Edinburgh in 1884.
RulesInternational Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3
National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
SourceODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/101011
VIAF: 58682209
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Reference TitleDate
MCR/1/1/46Scotland: Miscellaneous2 Oct 1880-16 Jul 1924
MCR/1/10/1Southern Europe, Malta, etc: Miscellaneous31 Dec 1860-14 Jun 1900
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