Dictionary of Indian Biography/Cassels, Andrew

by Charles Edward Buckland

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CASSELS, ANDREW (1812–1886)

Of an old Scotch family, resident at Manchester : he opened in 1843 in Bombay the firm of Peel, Cassels & Co. : returned to England, 1851 : Director of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, 1861 : Member of the Council of India, 1874–84 : Vice-President, 1875, of the Society of Arts : a great authority on Indian cotton : died Aug. 2, 1886.