About Andrew Cassels
Lived 1811 – 1886 (aged 74–75). Andrew Cassels was a merchant.
Andrew Cassels (1811 – 2 August 1886) was a British merchant who traded in India and England. He was a member of the Council of India from 1874 to 1884.
Born in an old Scottish family, his father resided for some years at Manchester, where he was an associate of John Peel, MP, head of Messers John Peel and Co. He spent some years in Europe, chiefly in Italy. In 1843, Andrew Cassels opened for Peel a branch of the firm in Bombay, which eventually traded as Messers. Peel, Cassels, and Co. Two of his brothers, including Walter Richard Cassels, were also involved with the firm, which failed in about 1885.
Returning to England in either 1851 He retired from the Council in 1884 on the expiry of his term.
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British merchant
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Andrew Cassels was born in 1811.
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Andrew Cassels died in 1886.
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