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 EWART, SIR JOSEPH (1831–)

Born 1831 : son of Andrew Ewart : educated privately : entered the E.I. Co.'s medical service, 1854 : served in the Mewar Bheel Corps in the Indian mutiny : Professor of Medicine, Calcutta : retired as Deputy Surgeon-General, 1879. Author of several works relating to Indian Sanitation, Pathology and Snake Poisoning : Mayor of Brighton, 1891-4 : Knight Bachelor, 1895.

EWER, WALTER (1784–1863)

I.C.S.: son of a Governor of the settlement at Bencoolen : privately educated : joined the Bengal Civil Service in 1803 : distinguished at the College of Fort William : employed at Rajshahi, at Amboyna, again at Rajshahi, 1816 : Superintendent of Police in Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa, and the conquered and ceded Provinces for 10 years : Judge of the Sadr Court, N.W.P., until he resigned in 1839-40 : well versed in music and astronomy : read the inscriptions on the Kutb at Delhi in 1822 through his telescope : F.R.G.S. : F.R.S. : died in London, Jan. 5, 1863.

EYRE, HENRY (1834–)

Born Feb. 4, 1834 : son of Rev. C. W. Eyre : educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford : joined 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, 1855 : present at siege and fall of Sebastopol : A.D.C. to Lt-General, Sir W. Eyre, 1855 : served with Rifle Brigade through the Indian mutiny, 1857-8 : present at taking of Lucknow, siege of Kalpi, etc. : commanded 4th Notts R.V., 1865-92 : C.B., 1897.

EYRE, SIR VINCENT (1811–1881)

General : son of Capt. Henry Eyre : born Jan. 22, 1811 : educated at Norwich Grammar School, and at Addiscombe : joined the Bengal Artillery, 1828 : was, in 1839, Commissary of Ordnance to the Kabul Field Force : took ordnance stores to Kabul in 1840 : after the rising in Nov. 1841, Eyre and his family started, in Jan. 1842, for India, but were detained by Akbar Khan as hostages : he published a journal of his 9 months' captivity, which terminated on Sep. 21, 1842 : he returned to India with Pollock's force : commanded the Artillery of the Gwalior contingent, 1844 : was at Thayetmyo in Burma in 1857, but was recalled" to India : on his way up country in July, he heard at Baxar of the siege of Arrah, that is, of some Government officers being besieged there by mutineers : after severe fighting he effected their relief, and defeated Kooer Singh of Jagdishpur, all on his own responsibility : he was recommended for the Victoria Cross : was at the relief of Lucknow in Sep. 1857, commanded the Artillery at the Alambagh : at the capture of Lucknow in March, 1858 : C.B. and Lt-Colonel : Superintendent of the Ishapur Powder Factory: on the Army Amalgamation Commission, and Inspr-General of Ordnance, 1862 : retired, 1863 : K.C.S.I., 1867 : in the Franco-Prussian war he organized an ambulance service for the sick and wounded : died Sep. 22, 1881 : had great qualities as an officer, in literature, and in private life.

EXMOUTH, EDWARD PELLEW, FIRST VISCOUNT (1757–1833)

Son of Samuel Pellew : born April 19, 1757 : educated at Truro : entered the Navy, 1770 : served with great gallantry in various parts of the world : and was made a Baronet in 1796 : M.P. for Barn-staple, 1802 : Naval C. in C. in the East Indies in 1804, and Rear Admiral : destroyed the Dutch ships of war, 1807 : enforced strict discipline, and reduced the amount of punishment : Vice Admiral,. 1808, returned to England : C. in C. in the North Sea, 1810 : in the Mediterranean, 1811 : at Plymouth, 1817-21 : made a Peer, 1814 : K.C.B. and G.C.B., 1815 : bombarded Algiers, 1816 : died Jan. 23, 1833.

FABRICIUS, REV. JOHN PHILIP (1714–1791)

Danish Missionary : native of Frankfort-on-the-Maine : graduate of Halle : a Lutheran : arrived in India, 1740 : went to Madras in service of S.P.C.K., 1742 : assisted at the English Church when required : when Fort St. George surrendered to the French, 1746, he took refuge at the Dutch settlement at Pulicat : and again,, when Count Lally and his army appeared in Dec. 1758 : returned, on the raising of the siege, to Vepery : plundered by the Muhammadans : ministered at Vellore, 1772-3 : up to 1780, greatly trusted by Government and the people : mismanaged the funds : imprisoned for debt for 18.