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 with Colin Campbell (Lord Clyde) at the occupation of Peshawar, March 21, 1849 : served in the Crimea : Maj-General : died at Cairo on Dec. 18, 1867.

CLAVERING, SIR JOHN (1722–1777)

Son of Sir James Clavering : born in 1722 : entered the Guards, was Brig- General in the attack on Guadaloupe in 1759 : Horace Walpole wrote "Clavering was the real hero of Guadaloupe. He has come home covered with more laurels than a boar's head"; he was sent to Hesse-Cassel in 1760 : became Lt-General in 1770 : in 1774 went to India : C. in C. in India and one of the four Members of the Supreme Council under the Regulating Act of 1773 : lived at Calcutta in Mission Row : he, Francis, and Monson opposed Warren Hastings and Barwell in the Supreme Council. He was made K.B. on Nov. 9, 1776 : he fought, in April, 1775, a duel with Barwell : he supported Nuncomar in his charges against Warren Hastings. When Warren Hastings' resignation was tendered by his agent in England—but repudiated in India by Hastings—Clavering claimed to be Governor-General, but his claim was rejected by the Supreme Court. Clavering died Aug. 30, 1777.

CLEGHORN, HUGH FRANCIS CLARKE (1820–1895)

Born 1820 : his father was Administrator-General in the Supreme Court, Madras : educated at Edinburgh and St. Andrew's : went to Madras in the medical service, 1842 : Professor of Botany in the Madras University, 1852 : entrusted by the Governor of Madras, Lord Harris, to form a Government Forest Department : became Inspr-General of Forests and established an excellent system of conservancy and management : retired, 1869 : for many years he selected the candidates for the Indian Forest Service : died May 16, 1895 : LL.D. : F.R.S.E.

CLEGHORN, JAMES (1841–)

Son of John Cleghorn : born 1841 : educated at Edinburgh University and Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh : M.D. St. Andrew's : entered Indian Medical Service, 1865 : served in the Bhutan campaign, 1864–5 : and rose to be Director-General of the I.M.S. and Sanitary Commissioner, 1895 : Fellow of the Allahabad University : retired, 1898 : published various medical papers : Hony. Surgeon to H.M. the King : C.S.I.

CLERK, SIR GEORGE RUSSELL (1800–1889)

I.C.S. : son of John Clerk : educated at Haileybury: entered the Service as "writer" in 1817 : after holding some unimportant appointments in Bengal, he entered the Political Department : was in the Secretariat, in Rajputana, at Delhi, Political Agent at Umbala and Ludiana : Envoy at Lahore, 1842 : Agent to the Governor-General on the North-Western Frontier during the first Afghan war, in which capacity he pushed forward reinforcements with energy, and, after the massacre of the Army, urged a policy of retribution. He was Lieutenant-Governor of the N.W.P., June to Dec. 1843 : Provisional Member of the Supreme Council, 1844 : twice Governor of Bombay, from 1847 to 1848 : K.C.B. : and from 1860–2. He refused the government of the Cape, but served there on boundary and political work, 1853–4 : was Under Secretary and Secretary to the Board of Control in 1856–8, and permanent Under Secretary of State for India, 1858–60. He was a Member of the Council of India, 1863–76 : K.C.S.I., 1861 : G.C.S.I., 1866 : died July 25, 1889.

CLERK, SIR GODFREY (1835–)

General : son of Sir George Russell Clerk (q.v.), the Governor of Bombay : born Oct. 25, 1835 : entered the Army, 1851 : served with the Rifle Brigade in the Indian mutiny and N.W. Frontier campaign : Adjutant-General of the Madras Army, 1880–5 : Assistant Military Secretary at Headquarters, 1886–7 : D.A.G. to the Forces, 1887–92 : commanding Belfast District, 1892–3 : Lieutenant of the Tower of London, 1897–1900 : Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria, and to H.M the King : C.B. : K.C.V.O. in 1902.

CLEVELAND, AUGUSTUS (1755–1784)

Of the Bengal Civil Service : said to have been a cousin of (q.v.) : was Collector and Judge of the Diwani Adalat (Civil Court) of the districts of Bhagalpur, Monghyr and Rajmahal : proceeding in the Atlas Indiaman, to the Cape for his health, he died at sea,