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 of the History, Folklore, and Distribution of the Races of the N.W.P. were edited by Mr, J. Beames (q.v.) : he died at the Cape of Good Hope on his way home, Dec. 20, 1853. A mural tablet in St. Paul's Cathedral, at Calcutta, testifies to his remarkable abilities and attainments, his manly rectitude of conduct, his gentle disposition and noble qualities. He (like Augustus Cleveland) (q.v.) was called by Sir W. W. Hunter the dulce decus of the Bengal Civil Service.

ELLIOT, HUGH (1752–1830)

Governor : son of Sir Gilbert Elliot, M.P. : born April 6, 1752 : educated privately, at Paris, and Christ Church, Oxford : at a military school abroad : served with the Russian Army against the Turks, 1772 : Minister at Munich, 1773–6 : Envoy and Minister to Prussia, 1777 : at Copenhagen, 1782–91 : on a secret mission to Paris, 1791 : Minister at Dresden until 1803 : at Naples, 1803 : recalled thence : Governor of the Leeward Islands, 1809–13 : P.C. : Governor of Madras, Sep. 16, 1814, to June 10, 1820 : died Dec. 10, 1830 : buried in Westminster Abbey.

ELLIOT, SIR WALTER (1803–1887)

I.C.S. : born Jan. 16, 1803 : son of James Elliot : educated privately : at Doncaster and Haileybury : went to Madras in 1820 : specially rewarded for remarkable proficiency in Tamil and Hindustani at 20 : served in the S. Mahratta country, until 1833 : was a keen sportsman and adventvurous with big game : in the insurrection of Kittur, 1824, when several officers were killed, he and another officer, Stevenson, were prisoners of the rebels for six weeks : in 1843, made an adventurous journey to Mocha, Red Sea coast of Abyssinia, Egypt and Palestine : Private Secretary to Lord Elphinstone, Governor of Madras, 1837–42 : Member of the Board of Revenue, but was sent in 1845 to inquire into the maladministration of Guntur : appointed Commissioner of the whole of the Northern Sircars till Dec. 1854, when he became a Member of Council, Madras, till Dec. 1859. As Senior Member of Council, he contributed greatly by his steadfast calmness, during the temporary absence of Lord Harris, to the preservation of peace and order in the Presidency : also, in 1858, carried on the Government during Lord Harris' ill-health : took much interest in education and supported Christian missions : acquired much knowledge of archaeology, natural history, numismatics, and Indian history : wrote for scientific Journals on the above subjects : notably on coins and Hindu inscriptions : assisted Darwin and Owen in their researches : his collection of Buddhist marbles from Amravati is in the British Museum : a member of many learned Societies : K.C.S.I. in 1866 : F.R.S., 1877 : LL.D. of Edinburgh, 1878 : became blind, and died March 1, 1887.

ELLIOTT, CHARLES (1776?–1856)

Voluntarily passed through the college of Fort William : judge of Fatehghar at 30 : judge of Bareli : Court of Appeal : Judge of the Sadr Court at Calcutta, 1821 : in 1822, to Delhi as Senior Member of the Board, N.W.P : and A.G.G. at the Court of the Great Mogul : returned to England, 1826 : published a translation of the Life of the Great Mogul : F.R.S. : F.R.A.S. : died May 4, 1856.

ELLIOTT, SIR CHARLES ALFRED (1835–)

I.C.S. : son of the Rev. H. V. Elliott of Brighton : born Dec. 1835 : educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge : after open competition, arrived in India in Nov. 1856 : served in the N.W.P., Oudh and Central Provinces : was Secretary to the N.W.P. Government, 1870–7 : Famine Commissioner, Mysore, 1877 : C.S.I., 1878 : Secretary to the Famine Commission (Sir Richard Strachey's), 1878 : Census Commissioner, 1880 : Chief Commissioner of Assam, 1881 : President of the Committee for the retrenchment of public expenditure, 1886 : Member of the Supreme Council, 1887–90 : Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, 1890–5. He wrote the Chronicles of Unao, the Reports of the Mysore famine, and of the Famine, and Finance Commissions. Since his retirement, in 1895, he has been Finance Member of the London School Board, and Member of the Educational Committee of the London County Council. Throughout his career. Sir Charles Elliott has laboured with great energy and ability in his various charges, and made a reputation as an expert in Settlement, Famine, Finance, and Education.