Lionel Robert Ashburner
Acting governor of Bombay during the British Raj from 13 March 1880 to 28 April 1880 and amateur photographer
About Lionel Robert Ashburner
Lived 1827 – 1907 (aged 79–80). Lionel Robert Ashburner was a British diplomat, photographer and civil servant.
Lionel Robert Ashburner (1827 in Tasmania – 26 January 1907 in Marylebone, London) was the Acting governor of Bombay during the British Raj from 13 March 1880 to 28 April 1880.
Biography Lionel, son of William Page Ashburner and his wife Hester Maria, was a civil servant in India, where he became a director of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway. In the 1871 Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India.
On 14 July 1873 he married Emily Caroline Haggard at Kirkee, Bombay.
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Acting governor of Bombay during the British Raj from 13 March 1880 to 28 April 1880 and amateur photographer
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Lionel Robert Ashburner was born in 1827.
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Lionel Robert Ashburner died in 1907.
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Lionel Robert Ashburner was a diplomat, photographer and civil servant.
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