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 blamed for weakening the European Army in India : in fact, he had protested against reduction of the English Army in India for the Crimean and Persian wars, and had given full attention to military affairs : he abolished numerous Boards and established responsible Departments in their places : his despatches were not attended to at the India House, and he was never able to defend himself and his administration. He suffered from ill-health, during the prolongation of his appointment in India, and was too ill after his retirement, on Feb. 29, 1856, to defend his policy : and the English Governments failed to support him. Thus the outbreak of the mutiny was unjustly attributed to his alleged policy in respect of annexation, neglect of military matters, and the reduced strength of the English Army in India. His assailants have been amply refuted by his later biographers, especially in Sir W. Lee Warner's Life of the Marquis of Dalhousie, 1904. The death, from exhaustion after sea-sickness, of Lady Dalhousie in 1853, in sight of England, affected him deeply. Always a very hard worker, he sought distraction in "work, work,"' and in his public duties. His final minute of Feb. 28, 1856, contains a summary of his administration. He was masterful in character and impatient of opposition. "In the three words, conquest, consolidation and development, his work may be summed up" (Sir W. W. Hunter). He stands out as "the great Proconsul" of modern times. After retirement he held no office but that of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1852–60. He died Dec. 19, 1860. His statue is in Calcutta, where the Dalhousie Institute was erected in his memory.  DALLAS, SIR GEORGE, BARONET (1758–1833)

Son of Robert Dallas : born April 6, 1758 : educated at Geneva : entered the E. I. Co.'s civil service at eighteen, was noticed by Warren Hastings, appointed Collector of Rajshahi : returned to England for ill-health, 1788 : deputed by Calcutta residents to present a petition against Pitt's East India Bill : made a Baronet in 1798 : M.P., 1800–2, for Newport : wrote a poem The India Guide : a pamphlet in vindication of Warren Hastings, 1789 : a vindication of the Marquis Wellesley's wars in Hindustan and the Dekkan, 1806, besides papers on Ireland and France, and on Trade between India and Europe, in which he advocated a greater freedom and liberality in trade between the countries : died Jan. 14, 1833.  DALLAS, SIR THOMAS ( ? –1839)

Was a cavalry officer in the Carnatic, and under Colonel Arthur Wellesley, and at the siege of Seringapatam : distinguished himself : K.C.B. : died Aug. 12, 1839.  DALRYMPLE, ALEXANDER (1737–1808)

Son of Sir James Dalrymple, Bart. : born July 24, 1737 : went out to Madras in the E.I. Co.'s Civil service, in May, 1753 : Lord Pigot, to whom he had been recomended, put him into the Secretariat and taught him to write : the historian Orme also befriended him : he became Deputy Secretary : in 1759–62 he made a voyage to the Eastern Archipelago in the interest of commerce : after returning to Madras he sailed again to the islands and reached Canton in 1764. He returned to England in 1765 to push his schemes of extending commerce to the East, but received no encouragement : failed to obtain the command of an expedition to observe the transit of Venus in 1769 : then turned his attention to geography and hydrography, and published a Chart of the Bay of Bengal in 1772 : appointed Member of Council in Madras, 1775, but in 2 years was recalled on an unfounded charge of misconduct : in 1779 made hydrographer to the E.I. Co., and in 1795 also to the Admiralty : dismissed from this appointment in May, 1808 : died of vexation, June, 19, 1808 : published a number of works, chiefly on voyages, charts, historical and political papers, including the Oriental Repertory, 1791–4.  DALRYMPLE, JAMES ( ? –1800)

Commanded the 29th battalion in Madras, 1788 : at the storming of Gurrumcondah in Nov. 1791 : took Raichur for the Nizam from insurgents, March, 1796 : in the Nizam's contingent under General A. Wellesley, 1799 : in the assault of Seringapatam, May 4, 1799 : after the capture commanded the Hyderabad Subsidiary Force : took several forts from Dhoondia Waugh, the freebooter, and