Dictionary of Indian Biography/Barbour, Sir David Miller
BARBOUR, SIR DAVID MILLER (1841–)
I.C.S.: born 1841: educated at Queen's College, Belfast: went to India, 1863: served in Lower Bengal, until he became Under Secretary, Financial Department of the Government of India, 1872: Accountant General, Bengal: Secretary to Government of Bengal, Revenue Department, 1882: member of the Bengal Legislative Council, 1882: Secretary to the Government of India, Financial Department, 1882: C.S.I., 1887: Member of the Royal Commission in England on gold and silver, 1886: Financial Member of the Supreme Council of the Governor General, 1888–1893: K.C.S.I., 1889: Member of the Indian Currency Commission, 1898: K.C.M.G., 1899: Member and Chairman of several important Royal Commissions and Committees on the currency and finance of other countries, and on questions involving great financial considerations: wrote The Theory of Bimetallism.