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 months, 1787-9 : relieved by Gericke (q.v.) in 1788, as head of the Vepery Mission and school : died there, 1791 : a Tamil scholar : partly translated the New Testament into Tamil : compiled a Tamil Dictionary, and wrote Lyrics in Tamil.

FAGAN, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE FORBES ( ? –)

Educated at Harrow : joined the Army, 1875 : Lt-Colonel, 1901 : served in the Afghan war, 1879-80 : Asst. Dist. Superintendent of Police, Panjab, 1885 : Assistant Resident, Hyderabad, 1892 : Assistant Political Agent, Bussora, 1897 : Political Agent, Muscat, 1898, Kotah, 1900 : Political Agent, Ulwar, Rajputana, since 1901.

FALCONER, FORBES (1805–1853)

Born Sep. 10, 1805 : son of Gilbert Falconer : educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen : early studied Oriental languages, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian at Aberdeen, at Paris for 5 years, and at German Universities : Professor of Oriental Languages at University College, London : translated from the Bostan, and two poems of Jami, and other poets : published a Persian Grammar : M.R.A.S., London and Paris : died Nov. 7, 1853.

FALCONER, HUGH (1808–1865)

Botanist : son of David Falconer : born Feb. 29, 1808 : educated at Forres and Aberdeen University : M.D. of Edinburgh in 1829 : studied geology and Indian fossils : joined the E.I. Co.'s medical service in Bengal, 1830 : succeeded Dr. Roylein 1832 as Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens, Saharanpur : made, with other officers, important discoveries of fossils, mammals and reptiles in the Sivalik hills : served on the Tea Commission of 1834, and superintended the manufacture of the first Indian tea : he travelled in 1837-8 to Kashmir and Beluchistan, and in the Astor Valley discovered assafaetida : contributed many plants and fruit trees from Kashmir to Saharanpur : while in England, 1843-7, he wrote on geology, fossils and botany, his botanical collections and work being subsequently utilized : was engaged on the arrangement and exhibition of Indian fossils in the British Museum : he commenced the publication of the Fauna Antigua Sivalensis. From 1848 to 1855 he was, on Dr. Wallich's death. Superintendent of the Botanic Garden at Sibpur, Howrah, opposite to Calcutta : Professor of Botany in the Calcutta Medical College : and adviser of the Government of India on vegetable products: wrote on teak, cinchona, fossils, etc. : after retirement, he continued his studies in palaeontology, fossil mammals and pre-historic man: visited museums, served on a Royal Commission on the sanitary condition of India, writing papers on his own subjects : F.R.S. in 1845 : Vice-President of the Royal Society : he died Jan. 31, 1865. A selection of his palaeontological papers was published under the editorship of Dr. Murchison.

FALKLAND, LUCIUS BENTINCK GARY, TENTH VISCOUNT (1803-1884)

Son of the ninth Viscount : Lord of the Bedchamber to King William IV, 1830, and to Queen Victoria, 1839 : representative Peer of Scotland, 1831-2 : made a Peer of the United Kingdom : Lord-in-Waiting, 1837-9 : Governor of Nova Scotia, 1840-5 : Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, 1846-8 : Governor of Bombay, 1848-53 : G.C.H., 1831 : P.C, 1837 : died at Montpelier, France, March 12, 1884.

FALLON, S. W. (1817–1880)

Born at Calcutta, 1817 : entered the Bengal Education Department in his 20th year : was Inspector of Schools : in 1857, published a Hindustani-English Law and Commercial Dictionary : Phil. Dr. of Halle : published, 1875-9, his Hindustani-English Dictionary, illustrated from Hindustani literature and folklore : and part of an English-Hindustani Dictionary : retired, 1875 : resided at Delhi : to England, 1880 : died Oct. 3, 1880.

FANE, SIR HENRY (1778–1840)

General : born Nov. 26, 1778 : son of Hon. Henry Fane, and grandson of the eighth Earl of Westmoreland : entered the Dragoon Guards, 1792 : M.P. for Lyme Regis, then a family borough, 1796-1818 : Lt-Colonel, 1797 : A.D.C. to George III. : saw much service, chiefly in cavalry commands, through the Peninsular campaign :