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 DALYELL, SIR ROBERT ANSTRUTHER (1831–1890)

I.C.S. : born Oct. 7, 1831 : son of Colonel John Dalyell : educated at Cheltenham and Haileybury : went to Madras in Jan., 1851 : became Secretary to the Board of Revenue in 1867, Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, in 1868 : Chief Secretary, 1870 : Member of the Board of Revenue, 1873 : made a special report on the Excise administration in 1874 : Chief Commissioner of Mysore in 1875–6, and additional Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council, 1873–7 : retired from India, 1877 : Member of the Council of India, 1877–87 : C.S.I., in 1879 : K.C.I.E., 1887 : LL.D. of St. Andrews, 1885 : died Jan. 18, 1890.

DAMANT, GUYBON HENRY (1846–1879)

I.C.S, : born May 9, 1846 : educated at St. Paul's School, London, and Christ's College, Cambridge : Scholar and Exhibitioner : went out to Bengal, 1869 : served in Cachar, Assam, and on special duty to Manipur, 1876 : was Deputy Commissioner of the Garo Hills, 1877, and Political Agent in the Naga Hills, Assam, 1878 : on his way to Khonoma, to seize some ammunition which the Nagas had stored, was killed by them, Oct. 14, 1879 : took keen interest in literature and philology : wrote on folk-lore, and the Manipuri language in the J.A.S.B., J.R.A.S., and the Indian Antiquary : most of the MSS. of his Manipur Dictionary were destroyed by the Nagas in the stockade at Kohima.

DAMPIER, HENRY LUCIUS (1828–)

I.C.S. : born 1828 : son of W. Dampier, I.C.S. : educated at Eton : entered the B.C.S., 1848 : Member of the Orissa famine Commission, 1867: Secretary to the Government of Bengal : officiating Home Secretary to the Government of India, 1872 : Member of Bengal Legislative Council, 1867–84 : Member of the Board of Revenue, 1877 : President of Rent Law Commission, 1881 : retired, 1884 : C.I.E.

DANCE, SIR NATHANIEL (1748–1827)

Son of James Dance: born June 20, 1748, entered the E. I. Co's naval service, 1759 : was in command of a ship in 1787. As Commodore of a fleet of 16 Indiamen and some country ships in 1804, homeward bound from Canton, he fell in with a French squadron off Pulo Aor, near the S. end of the straits of Malacca, and by his skill and boldness deceived them and put them to flight on Feb. 15, saving his own fleet and its valuable cargo. He was knighted and pensioned by the E. I. Co. : died March 25, 1827.

DANE, SIR LOUIS WILLIAM (1856–)

I.C.S. : born March 21, 1856 : son of Richard Martin Dane, M.D., C.B. : arrived in India, 1876 : served in the Panjab : Private Secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor, 1879–82 : Officiating Registrar of the Chief Court, 1886 : Settlement Officer, Gurdaspur, 1887 : Deputy Commissioner, Peshawar, 1892 : Chief Secretary to the Panjab Government, 1898 : Resident in Kashmir, 1901 : Foreign Secretary to the Government of India 1903 : C.S.L, 1904 : Head of the Mission to Kabul, 1904–5, to negotiate a Treaty with the Amir of Afghanistan : made K.C.I.E. on his return.

DANIELL, THOMAS (1749–1840)

Painter : son of an innkeeper : born in 1749 : was in India painting for ten years from 1784, with his nephew William (q.v.), and published his pictures : brought out their Oriental Scenery in 1808 : Royal Academician in 1799 : F.R.S., F.R.A.S., and F.S.A. : exhibited his pictures at the Academy and at the British Institute : published other collections of pictures : died March 19, 1840.

DANIELL, WILLIAM ( ? –1837)

Artist, R.A : at 14 accompanied his uncle, Thomas Daniell (q.v.), also an artist, to India : in 10 years they travelled many thousand, miles, from Cape Comorin to Srinagar, and on their return published Oriental Scenery, in 6 volumes, completed in 1808. He exhibited largely at the Academy and the British Institute published also A Picturesque Voyage to India, Zoography, The Panorama of Madras, 1832, the City of Lucknow, and the Oriental Annual, besides other pictures of British scenery. He was made a Royal Academician in 1822 : died Aug. 16,. 1837.