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 India, 1900, etc. etc. : F.R.G.S. : Times Correspondent on several occasions : has written a number of geographical and political papers.

COLVILE, SIR JAMES WILLIAM (1810–1880)

Son of Andrew Wedderburn Colvile : born 1810 : educated at Eton, and Trinity College, Cambridge : called to the bar from the Inner Temple in 1835 : was appointed in 1845 to be Advocate-General, Bengal : made a Puisne Judge of the vSupreme Court, Calcutta, 1848 : knighted : Chief Justice, 1855–9, when he retired : was President of the Council of Education, and of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1848–59 : also Vice-President of the Governor-General's Legislative Council : after his retirement, he was Privy Councillor, and first Assessor, and, later. Member of the Judicial Committee : F.R.S. : died Dec. 6, 1880.

COLVILLE, SIR CHARLES (1769 1843)

Entered the Army, 1781, in 28th regt. : Lt-Colonel in 13th foot in 1796 : served in the Irish rebellion, 1798 : in Egypt, 1801–2 : commanded his regiment to Bermuda, 1808 : Brigadier in the Peninsula, 1810–14 : commanded a Division at Waterloo : C. in C. at Bombay, Oct. 9, 1819 to 1826 : Colonel of 5th Fusiliers, 1835 : General, 1837 : G.C.B. : G.C.H. : died March 27, 1843.

COLVIN, SIR AUCKLAND (1838– )

I.C.S. : son of John Russell Colvin (q.v) : born 1838 : educated at Eton and Haileybury, 1855–7 : served, chiefly in the N.W.P., 1858–79 : officiating Secretary to N.W.P. Government, 1873, 1875 : Comptroller-General, Egypt, 1880–2 : K.C.M.G., 1881 : Financial Adviser to the Khedive, 1882–3 : Financial Member of the Supreme Council, 1883–7 : Lieutenant Governor of the N.W.P. and Oudh, 1887–92 : retired, 1892 : K.C.S.L, 1892 : C.I.E. : Chairman of the Burma Railways Co. : and of the Egyptian Delta Light Railways Co. : wrote John Russell Colvin, in the "Rulers of India" series, 1895.

COLVIN, JAMES MORRIS COLQUHOUN (1870–)

Major : son of J. C. Colvin, B.C.S : born Aug. 26, 1870 : educated at Charter-house : joined the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich : joined the Royal Engineers, 1888 : served in the Chitral Relief expedition, 1895, and in the Malakand Field Force, 1897, where he won the V.C, : in South Africa in 1901–2 : Intelligence Department, India : Staff Captain for Mobilisation, 1903.

COLVIN, JOHN RUSSELL (1807–1857)

Lieutenant-Governor : I.C.S. : son of James Colvin, Calcutta merchant : born in Calcutta, May 29, 1807 : educated at St. Andrews and at Haileybury : went to Bengal in 1826, to Hyderabad in 1827 : was Assistant and Deputy Secretary in the Judicial and Revenue Departments of the Government of India, 1831–5 : Secretary to the Board of Revenue, 1835 : Private Secretary to the Governor-General, Lord Auckland, 1836–42; and is said to have exercised considerable influence over the latter's Afghan policy. He was Resident in Nipal, 1845, Commissioner of Tenasserim, 1846 : Judge of the Sadr Court at Calcutta : Lieutenant-Governor of the N.W.P. from Nov. 7, 1853. It was said that Colvin "over-governed" : he worked with extraordinary industry, and greatly increased the business of the Government : his action in the mutiny has been the subject of controversy : he issued, in May, a proclamation which was not entirely approved: the violence of the outbreak fell upon him without warning, and the forces at his disposal were inadequate to meet it. He was "worn out by the unceasing anxieties and labours of his charge"—so ran Lord Canning's notification of his death : he fell ill, became worse, and died in cantonments on Sep. 9, 1857 : and was buried in the fort at Agra. Sir Auckland Colvin, in his life of his father, J. R. Colvin, in the "Rulers of India" series, has exhausted the subject.

COLVIN-SMITH, SIR COLVIN (1829–)

Born Aug. 4, 1829 : son of Rev. Robert Smith, D.D. of Old Macker, Aberdeen : educated at Grammar School and King's College and University, Aberdeen : M.D. of Aberdeen : and L.R.C.S. Edinburgh : entered the Madras Army, 1851 : served in second Burma war, 1852–3, and in the Indian mutiny, 1857–9 : Principal medical officer with Indian Contingent in Egyptian campaign, 1882 : C.B., 1882 :