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 mutiny campaigns of 1858–9, on the staff of Sir W. R. Mansfield : present at Bareli and Shahjahanpur : served again in China, Military Secretary to the Earl of Elgin, 1860 : at St. Petersburg and Vienna : and commanded a Division in Zululand, 1879 : C.M.G. : was a Lt-General in 1884 : died May 31, 1891 : he was an excellent artist and made many drawings of Indian and Chinese warfare and scenery.

CROFT, SIR ALFRED WOODLEY (1841–)

Son of C. H. Croft : born Feb. 7, 1841 : educated at Mannamead School, Ply-mouth, and Exeter College, Oxford : entered the Bengal Educational Department, 1866 : Director of Public Instruction in Bengal, 1877–97 : Member of the Education Commission, 1882–3 : Member of the Bengal Legislative Council, 1887–92 : President of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1892–3 : Vice-Chancellor of the Calcutta University, 1894–6 : Hon. LL.D., 1897 : K.C.I.E., 1887.

CROMER, EVELYN BARING, FIRST EARL (1841–)

Son of Henry Baring, M.P. : born Feb. 26, 1841 : educated at Ordnance School, Carshalton, and R.M.A., Woolwich : entered the Royal Artillery, 1858 : Major in 1876 : Private Secretary to Lord Northbrook, Viceroy of India, 1872–6 : Financial Member of the Supreme Council of the Governor-General, 1880–3 : has since been employed in Egypt, and is now Minister Plenipotentiary in the Diplomatic Service : Agent and Consul General in Egypt since 1883 P.C. : G.C.B. : G.C.M.G. : K.C.S.I. C.I.E. : Baron, 1892 : Viscount, 1898 Earl, 1901.

CROMMELIN, CHARLES ( ? - ? )

Governor : son of Marc Antoine Crommelin, of a Huguenot family : joined the E. I. Co.'s service in Bombay, 1732 : Governor of Bombay, 1760–7 : returned to England, had great losses in trade, returned to India, 1772, as a free merchant : was residing at Canton, 1777 : was British Consul at Goa, 1784 : it has been suggested that this was the Charles Cromelin (sic) who died Dec. 25, 1788, aged 81, and was buried at the old English Cemetery, Kalkapur, Murshidabad.

CROOKE, WILLIAM (1848–)

I.C.S. : born Aug. 6, 1848 : educated at the Grammar School, Tipperary, and at Trinity College, Dublin : arrived in India, 1871 : served in the N.W.P. and Oudh : Magistrate and Collector : retired, 1896 : author of Rural and Agricultural Glossary, N.W.P. and Oudh, 1888 : an Ethnographical Handbook for the N.W.P. and Oudh, 1890 : The N.W.P. of India, their History, etc., 1897 : The Popular Religion and Folklore of Northern India, 1896 : and a Gazetteer of Jalesar : The Tribes and Castes of the N.W.P. and Oudh, 1896 : also of a revised edition of Burnell's and Yule's Hobson-Jobson, and numerous papers in the Journal of the Anthropological Institute and Folklore Society.

CROSS, JOHN KYNASTON (1832–1887)

Son of Thomas Cross : head of the Firm of Crosses, Winkworth & Co. : Under Secretary of State for India, Jan., 1883 to June, 1885 : died March 20, 1887.

CROSS, RICHARD ASSHETON, FIRST VISCOUNT (1823–)

Born May 30, 1823 : son of William Cross : educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge : called to the bar at the Inner Temple, 1849 : M.P. for Preston, 1857–62, and S. Lancashire, 1868–86 : Home Secretary, 1874–80 and 1885–6 : Secretary of State for India, Aug. 4, 1886, to Aug. 19, 1892 : Lord Privy Seal, 1895–1900 : made a Viscount, 1886 : P.C. : G.C.S.L, 1892 : D.C. L. : LL.D., Cambridge, 1878 : G.C.B., 1880 : F.R.S. : author of legal works.

CROSTHWAITE, SIR CHARLES HAWKES TODD (1836–)

I.C.S. : son of Rev. John Clarke Crosthwaite : born Dec. 25, 1835 : educated at Merchant Taylors' and St. John's College, Oxford : entered the Bengal Civil Service, 1857 : served chiefly m the N.W.P. : Chief Commissioner of British Burma, 1883–4 : Chief Commissioner of Central Provinces, 1885–6 : Chief Commissioner of Burma, 1887–90 : Member of the Governor-General's Supreme Council, 1890–1, and in 1892 : Lieutenant-Governor of N.W.P. and Oudh, 1892–5 : Member of the Council of India, 1895–1905 : author of Notes on the N.W. Provinces of India, 1870 : K.C.S.I., in 1888.<section end="Crosthwaite, Sir Charles Hawkes Todd" />