Plasket, Richard, 1782-1847

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Person

Authorized form of name

Plasket, Richard, 1782-1847

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      • Plasket KCMG, Sir Richard, 1782 – 1847

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      Dates of existence

      1782-1847

      History

      Sir Richard Plasket, early in life, filled an appointment in the Colonial Department. He was subsequently employed as private and public secretary to the government at Ceylon, Malta, and the Cape of Good Hope. He discharged the important duties of his several appointments to the satisfaction of the home government for a period of 26 years, and in consideration of his eminent services he was nominated a Knight of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, on the institution of that order in 1818.

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      Malta (1817-1824)

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      Chief Secretary to the Government; Knight of the Order of St Michael and St George.

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      Authority record identifier

      MT AF-P000008

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      MT NAM

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Date of creation: 24/08/2023; Date of revision: 18/07/2024

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          Sources

          Urban S. (1847). The Gentleman's Magazine , 1847-07: Vol. 28, 106, London: J.B. Nicholas and Son.

          Maintenance notes

          Creator of Authority Record: Zvetlana Pace Cassar; Revised by: Danica Abela