Dictionary of Indian Biography/Buckingham, James Silk
BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786–1855)
Son of Christopher Buckingham: born Aug. 25, 1786: was at sea from 1796: went to India, 1815: in 1818, at Calcutta, he brought out the Calcutta Journal, attacked Government so vigorously that, in 1823, his licence was taken away by Mr. J. Adam (q.v.), and he was deported from the country: years afterwards, the E.I. Co. gave him a pension of £200 a year: went to India again when the restrictions on the Press had been removed: M.P. for Sheffield, 1832–7: conducted the Oriental Herald and Colonial Review, 1824–9, and was connected with other journals, besides writing largely on social and political subjects: travelled extensively to and from India: wrote Arabia, 1825: Mesopotamia and Adjacent Countries, 1827: Assyria and Media, 1830: travelled also in Europe and N. America: and gave lectures in England: died June 30, 1855.