MOUNTSTUART ELPHINSTONE

MOUNTSTUART ELPHINSTONE (1779-1859), a noted civil servant and historian; co-operated with Wellesley in firmly establishing British rule in India; was governor of Bombay, where he accomplished many useful reforms, and issued the Elphinstone Code of Laws; wrote a "History of India," which earned for him the title of the "Tacitus of India".