Dictionary of Indian Biography/Blaney, Thomas
BLANEY, THOMAS (1823–1903)
Doctor: born in Ireland; went to India, 1836, as apprentice in the subordinate medical service of the E. I. Co. at Bombay: studied at the Grant Medical College: in Government service until 1860: took up private practice at Bombay: made a large fortune, which he spent chiefly in charity: became J.P., Town Councillor: Member of the Municipal Corporation: was connected with civil administration for 30 years: twice President of the Municipal body: carried schemes for abundant water-supply from Vihar and Tansa lakes: twice Sheriff of Bombay: for many years Chairman of joint Government and Municipal Committee for education: Coroner of Bombay, 1876–93: C.I.E.: a fine statue of him erected in Bombay by his fellow citizens: died there April 1, 1903: Member of the Royal Asiatic Society, Bombay, and a frequent contributor to the columns of the Bombay Gazette.