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 1827 : improved Ranjit's Sikh Artillery greatly : paid much attention to archaeology and coins : after Ranjit's death, the Sikh troops attacked Court, who was protected by Ventura (q.v.) : retired from Lahore to France.  COURTIN, JACQUES IGNACE ( ? - ? )

Son of François Courtin, Chevalier : Chief of the French Factory at Dacca : received for two months the members of the English Factory at Dacca, when it was seized by the Nawab of Dacca, after the capture of Calcutta by the Nawab Surajud-daula, 1756 : and sent them to the English at Fulta, 1756 : he left Dacca, with 35 boats, on June 22, 1757. and wandered about the districts of Rangpur, Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri: received an Embassy from the King of Tibet : fought with the Faujdar of Rangpur : arrived at Murshidabad, March 10, 1758, to surrender to the English : allowed by Clive to go to Chandernagore and Pondicherry : Member of the Supreme Council there : in the capitulation there, Jan. 1761 : went to France, and probably became the Conseiller au Conseil des Indes.  COWELL, EDWARD BYLES (1826–1903)

Born Jan. 23, 1826 : son of Charles Cowell : educated at Ipswich : early attracted to Sir W. Jones' works : studied Persian : entered a merchant's office : went to Magdalen Hall, Oxford : first class, 1854 : studied from 1853, under H. H. Wilson (q.v.) : joined the Education Department and became Professor of History and Political Economy at the Presidency College, Calcutta, 1856 : also Principal of the Sanskrit College, in 1858 : left India, 1864 : was the first Professor of Sanskrit at Cambridge, 1867 : Fellow of Corpus Christi * College, Cambridge : LL.D. of Edinburgh : D.C.L. of Oxford. After he was elected Professor of Sanskrit, the study of Oriental languages increased at Cambridge : the Semitic Languages Tripos was established, 1878 : the Indian Languages Tripos, 1903 : the Oriental Languages Tripos, 1895 : a Board of Oriental studies was formed, and a Board of I.C.S. studies : he taught Sanskrit, Indian philosophy, comparative philology, Persian, Pali, Zend, etc. : his publications were numerous. From early days, he wrote on Persian poetry, the Hindu drama, etc., in the Westminster Review, also in the Asiatic Journal, Journal of Philology, Gentleman's Magazine, J.A.S. Bengal, Calcutta Review : on Prakrit Grammar : translated and edited many Sanskrit works, both at Calcutta and Cambridge : knew also modern languages, including Welsh, and the classics : D.C.L., 1896 : received the Gold Medal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1898 : died Feb. 9, 1903.  COWLEY, HENRY WELLESLEY, FIRST BARON (1773–1847)

Born Jan. 20, 1773 : youngest son of the first Earl of Mornington : brother of Marquess Wellesley (q.v.), and Duke of Wellington (q.v.) : served in the Army, before going as Secretary of legation to Stockholm, 1792 : Private Secretary to his brother. Marquess Wellesley, when Governor-General, 1798–1801 : a Commissioner for the settlement of Mysore after its capture, 1799 : sent to England to explain the war with Tippoo in 1799–1800 : sent on a mission to Oudh, negotiated treaty for cession of certain districts by the Nawab : Lieutenant-Governor of the ceded districts of Oudh, 1801–3 : left India, 1803 : M.P. for Eye, 1807–9 : Secretary to the Treasury, 1808–9 : P.C., 1809 : Secretary to Embassy to Spain, 1809, and Ambassador, 1811–22 : knighted 1812 : G.C.B., 1815 : Ambassador to Vienna, 1823–31 : to Paris, 1841–6 : made Baron Cowley, 1828 : died April 27, 1847.  COX, CHARLES VYVYAN (1819–)

Maj-General : son of the Rev. John Cox, Rector of Cheddington and Vicar of Stockland : born Sep. 24, 1819 : educated at King's School, Sherborne, and Military Academy, Addiscombe : entered the Bengal Artillery, 1838 : served in the Gwalior campaign, 1843–4 : Satlaj campaign, 1845–6 : present at the battles of Mudki, Firozshahr and Sobraon : Panjab campaign, 1848–9 : present at battles of the Chenab, Chilianwala and Gujarat : throughout the Indian mutiny, 1857 : retired in 1872 : C.B. in 1871.  COX, SIR EDMUND C., FIFTEENTH BARONET (1856–)

Son of the 14th Baronet : born 1856 : educated at Marlborough and Trinity