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 for India to Vienna Exhibition 1873, and to Edinburgh Forestry Exhibition 1885, and Roy. Commr. for Colonial and Indian Exhibition 1886; attached to staff of the Prince of Wales during the visit of H.K.H. to Madras Presi- dency ; received medal and thanks of Govt. of India for services during Indian Mutiny; is a J.P. for Berks, and a Fellow of Madras Univ. : in. 1867, Mary Adelaide Emma, da. of the late Oswald Grimston, Esq., of Mersham, Hants ; cr. C.S.I. 1876. Bangor Lodge, Ascot, Berks; United 'Service and East India United Service Clubs. MICHELL, Thomas, C.B., son of John Michel!, Esq., of Bodmin ; b. 1835 ; served in Admiralty 1856-60 ; was a Sec. of International Statistical Congress in London 1860; appointed translator and attach^ at St. Petersburg 1860, and was Consul there with rank of 2nd Sec. in Diplo. Ser. 1866-74 ; accompanied H.R.H. the Prince of Wales to Moscow 1866 ; nominated Consul at Tiflis 1879 ; was Consul-Gen, for E. Roumelia 1879-80, and in 1879 Assist. Commr. for E. Roumelia, and later sole Commr. for organization of E. Roumelia ; has been Con- sul-Gen, for Norway since 1880: in. 1865, Elizabeth Mary (a Dame of Imperial Ottoman Order of Chefakat, or Charity), who d. 1888, da. of Capt. Hugh Pearson, R.N., of Myrecarnie and Vellore, N.B. ; cr. C.B. 1875. Christiana, Norway; St. James's Club. MIDDLETOX, Col. Francis Beckford, D.S.O.; b. 1838 ; entered 2ist Madras N.I. 1856, became Capt. M.S.C. 1868, Major 1876, Lieut.-Col. 1882, and Col. 1886 ; retired 1888 ; served in Afghan War 1878-80 (medal) : in. 18; cr. D.S.O. 1887. MIEVILLE, Walter Frederick, C.M.G., F.R.G.S., son of the late Andrew Amedee Mie- ville, Esq. ; b. 1855 ; entered Diplo. Ser. 1874, and became Consul 1882 ; was Acting Consul at Suez 1 881-2, when he was appointed Consul for the Soudan, but did not proceed ; Acting Vice- Consul at Alexandria, and British Delegate to Egyptian Board of Health 1882-3; was present at Bombardment of Alexandria, July nth, 1882 (medal, Khedive's star); appointed Consul at Rio Grande do Sul 1883, but did not proceed; attached to Special Sanitary Mission to Egypt during Cholera 1883 ; has been Pres. of Egyptian Maritime and Quarantine Board of Health since 1884; received 2nd class Mejidieh 1891: tit. 1882, Theodora Johanna, da. of the late H. F. Taylor, Esq. ; cr. C.M.G. 1887. Alexandria ; Klicdivial (A lexandrid) Chib. MILLER, Maj.-Gen. George Murray, C.B., son of the late John Miller, Esq., of Muirshiels, Renfrewshire; b. 1829; entered 7gth Cameron Highlanders 1846, became Capt. 1854, Major 1859, Lieut.-Col. 1870, Col. 1877 (h.p. 1879), and Major-Gen, (retired) 1882; served in Crimean Campaign 1854-5 (medal with three clasps, Turkish medal),andin Indian Mutiny Campaign 1858-9 (severely wounded, mentioned in des- patches, medal with clasp, C.B.): in. 1876, Mabel Louisa, only da. of the late Robert Barnes, Esq., J.P. and D.L., of Harerield Grove, Middlesex, and Oakley, Fallowfield, near Manchester ; cr.- C.B. 1875. Greenhill, Cockington, Torquay; Army and Navy Club. MILLER, Rev. William, C.I.E., LL.D., son of the late William Miller, Esq., of Thurso, Caithness; I'. 1838; ed. in Edinburgh and at Aberdeen Uiriv. (M.A. 1856, LL.D 1885); entered ministry of Free Church of Scotland 1862, and appointed a missionary at Madras; is Principal of the Madras Christian College, the largest Educational Establishment in S. India; was a member of Commn. on Indian Education 1882-3; cr. C.I.E. 1884. College COMl'ANIONAGE. 815 House, Madras; Rachin Kadn Bungalow, Shevaroy Hills ; Burgo Park, Bridge of A llan , .~.J}. MILLS, Co!. Herbert James, C.B., son of the late Mr. John Mills; b. 1836; entered Ordnance Store Depart. 1855, and became Dep.-Comy.-Gen. 1888; served in Canada 1869-74, with Egyptian Expedition 1882-4 (men- tioned in despatches, medal, bronze star, 3rd class Medjidie), and in Soudan 1884, as Senior Ordnance Store Officer (twice mentioned in despatches, clasp) ; was Assist. Corny. -Gen. of Ordnance at Headquarters 1886-91 : 111. ist, 1856, Elizabeth Ann, who d. 1874, da. of Robert Jolly, Esq., of Woolwich ; 2nd, 1891, Alice Ethel Gausden, widow of H. J. Money, Esq.; cr. C.B. 1887. MILMAN, Archibald John Scott, C.B. [see Milman, Bart., colls.]. MILMAN, Lieut. - Gen. George Bryan, C. B. [see Milman, Bart.]. MILNE, Major Richard Louis, D.S.O. ; l>. 1852; entered 72nd Regt. 1878, and became Capt. and Batn. The King's (Liverpool Regt.) 1885, and Major 1891 ; served throughout Af- ghan War 1878-80 with Kuram Field Force and with Cabul Field Force, being present at march from Cabul to relief of Candahar (mentioned in despatches, medal with 3 clasps, and bron/e star), and with Burmah Expedition ; is Adj. Rangoon Vol. Rifle Corps ; cr. D.S.O. 1886. MITCHELL, Henry Stuart, C.M.G. ; />. 1809 ; ed. at High Sch. and at Univ. of Edin- burgh, and at Havre ; matriculated at Lincoln's Inn 1828 : afterwards studied medicine at Edin- burgh, and 1834-6 attended medical courses in Pans, Florence, and Pisa ; grad. at Pisa, and practised medicine in Trinidad 1836-50 ; in 1847 officially visited the English, French, and Danish Colonies of the Antilles, and reported on their condition and prospects; offered and refused in 1848 the appointment of Colonial burg, at Trinidad ; awarded in 1849 the "Isis" gold medal by the So. of Arts for a practical essay on improved processes in the manufacture of sugar ; appointed 1850 Sup. of Immigrants and a Special Justice for the whole island, and in 1855 was named an official M.L.C.; in 1862 received bronze medal at Great Exhibition for best specimen of long-piled cotton ; retired from Colonial Service on full pay 1883 ; is Chm. of the Immigration Com- mittee : fH. 1837, Fanny Eliza, da. of the late Charles Melville, Esq., formerly Sec. to Gov. of Trinidad (Gen. Monro); cr. C.M.G. 1882. Melville Lodge, Port of Spain, Trinidad. MITCHELL, Robert William Span, C.M.G., son of Henry Stuart Mitchell, Esq., C.M.G., M.D., Ph.D.; b. 1840; entered Trinidad Immigration Depart. 1858 ; appointed Warden of Montserrat, and Commr. of Crown Lands 1867, Sub-Intendant of Crown Lands 1869, Assist. Protector of Immigrants, Mauritius 1872, Acting Immigration Agent-Gen. Trinidad 1873, Govt. Emigration Agent in India 1873, Acting Emigration Agent for Jamaica 1876, and Agent-Gen, for Immigration, British Guiana 1881 ; has been Govt. Emigration Agent in Calcutta for British Guiana and Natal since 1884 ; cr. C.M.G. 1892. Calcutta. MITKORD, Algernon Bertram FREEMAN-, C.B., M.P., son of Henry Reveley Mitford, Esq., of Enbury House, Hants; b. 1837 ; ed. at Eton, and at Ch. Ch., Oxford; entered Foreign Office 1858 ; appointed Sec. of Embassy at St. Petersburg, 1863, at Pekin 1865 and in Japan 1866, and Sec. to H.M.'s Commrs. of Public Works and Buildings 1874 ; is a J.P. for the Cinque Ports, and a D.L. and a County Councillor (Moreton - in - Marsh Div.) for