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 DUTT, SASI CHANDRA, RAI BAHADUR (1825–1886)

Born 1825 : educated at the Hindu College : entered the Government Treasury as a clerk : transferred to the Bengal Secretariat, and eventually became its Registrar : retired in 1873 : made Rai Bahadur : in 1884 he brought out in England his works in ten volumes, including a History of Bengal, Essays on Miscellaneous Subjects, Great Wars of India, Half-Hours with Nature, Realities of Indian Life, The Times of Yore, The Wild Tribes of India, as well as his verses in English : died in 1886.

DUTT, TORU (1856–1877)

Torulata Dutta, the youngest daughter of Govinda Chandra Dutt, a native Christian convert : born at Calcutta in 1856 : she and her elder sister, Aru, were taken to England by their father for education, 1869–73 : studied French at Nice, and English thoroughly : attended lectures at Cambridge and St. Leonards : on their return to Calcutta, Torn Dutt studied Sanskrit and French, and began to contribute poetical compositions and essays to local magazines, especially to the Bengal Magazine. In 1874 Aru died of consumption. In 1876 Torn published a collection of her lyrics translated from the French, A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields, showing considerable acquaintance with French and English literature, very favourably reviewed in the English and French Press. She also died of consumption on Aug. 30, 1877 : the sisters were good musicians : neither of them married. Besides her ballads and legends of Hindustan, poems and translations, Toru left the MS. of a French novel entitled ''Le lournal de Mdlle. D'Arvers''.

DYAS, JOSEPH HENRY (1824–1868)

Born April 7, 1824 : son of Capt. Joseph Dyas of the 51st K.O.L.I. : edu-cated at Delgany, Dungannon, Addiscombe : entered the Bengal Engineers : went to India, 1845 : just too late for Sobraon : with the Army to Lahore : at the taking of the fort of Kangra, 1846 : Assistant Superintendent of the W. Janma Canal : prepared and worked on the Bari Doab Canal project from 1850 : Director of Canals at Madhupur, 1856 : in the mutiny was at Trimmu Ghat, July 16, 1857 : Capt., 1857 : in 1864, Lt-Colonel and Chief Engineer, N.W.P. : died March 4, 1868, "a sacrihce to his devotion to his duty and his work" in the Canal Department : he had a faculty for mechanical invention.

DYCE, GEORGE HUGH COLES (1846–)

Born 1846 : entered the Indian Army, 1864, and became a Colonel in 1894 : Colonel on the Staff at Firozpur, 1897–8 : Multan, 1898 : Tochi Valley and Bannu, 1898–1900 : Brig-General, Allahabad, 1900 : D.A.G. Bengal, 1900–1 : served in Hazara campaign, 1868 : Afghan war, 1878–80 : Mahsud-Waziri expedition, 1881 : Burmese war, 1886–7 : Waziristan expedition, 1894–5 : and Chitral Relief, 1895 : C.B., 1896.

DYCE-SOMBRE, DAVID OCHTERLONY (1808–1851)

Born at Sardhana in 1808 : great-grandson of Walter Reinhard, called Sombre (Samru) for his sombre appearance : his father, G. A. Dyce, commanded the Begam Sombre's, or Samru's, troops : D. O. Dyce inherited a great fortune from the Begam on her death in 1836 : he had become a Roman Catholic and been made Chevalier of the Order of Christ. He reached England in 1839, and made a figure in society : married the daughter of Lord St. Vincent : M.P. for Sunbury, 1841–2, but was unseated for bribery. He was treated as a lunatic and declared by a Commission to be of unsound mind : escaped from his keeper and went to France in 1843, where, in 1849, he wrote a contention against the allegations of his lunacy : tried to have the decision set aside, but died in London on July 1, 1851 : his will gave rise to much litigation.

EARDLEY-WILMOT, REVELL (1842–)

Born Aug. 29, 1842 : son of Sir J. E. Eardley-Wilmot, Bart. : educated at Winchester : entered the Army, 1860 : Brevet-Lt-Colonel, 1881 : Maj-General, 1895 : served in the Bhutan expedition, 1864–5 (wounded) : Jowaki expedition as A.D.C. : Kabul war, 1878–89 : attack of Ali Masjid, charasia, and taking of Kabul : C.B.