Majesty". Gandhi wrote an obituary in the Indian Opinion on 29 October 1904 which praised him as follows : By the death of William Digby CIE, India has lost a champion, whom it will be difficult to replace. His advocacy of the Indian cause was strenuous and well-informed... By his voluminous writings,the late Mr. Digby ever kept the different Indian questions before the public. Bibliography The Famine Campaign in Southern India: Madras and Bombay Presidencies and province of Mysore, 1876–1878, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (1878) Forty Years of Official and Unofficial Life in an Oriental Crown Colony, being the Life of Sir Richard Morgan (1879) Indian Problems for English Consideration (1881) India for the Indians — and for England (1885) The general election, 1885. India's interest in the British ballot box (1885) 1857: A friend in need 1887: Friendship forgotten, An episode in Indian Foreign Office Administration (1890) Condemned Unheard: The Government of India and H.H. the Maharaja of Kashmir : a Letter to the Rt. Hon. Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth (1890) Prosperous British India – A Revelation from Official Records (1901) See also 'Prosperous' British India Political history of Mysore and Coorg (1565–1760) British Raj Notes References External links Famine Campaigns in Southern India: Volume 1, Volume 2 1857:A friend in need 1887: Friendship forgotten An episode in Indian Foreign Office Administration Prosperous British India – A Revelation 1849 births 1904 deaths English writers English humanitarians Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates People from Wisbech