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 Editor when it was issued as a daily paper at Lahore : left India and joined the Broad Arrow in England, becoming its Editor : died in 1904.

FERGUSSON, JAMES (1808–1886)

Son of Dr. William Fergusson : born Jan. 22, 1808 : educated at the Edinburgh High School, and privately : went to India, at first into business at Calcutta : and in ten years at his indigo factory made sufficient to retire upon : lost some of his money after-wards : travelled largely in India to study styles of Architecture, 1835–42 : finally left India in 1845 : joined the Royal Asiatic Society, 1840, and became a Vice-President : was General Manager of the Crystal Palace Company, 1856–8 : a member in 1857 of the Royal Commission on the defences of the United Kingdom : Secretary to the First Commissioner of Public Works in 1869, and was later designated "Inspector of Public Buildings and Monuments." He wrote "Picturesque Illustrations of Ancient Architecture in Hindostan; The Rock-cut Temples of India; a number of valuable papers in the Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects; An Historical Enquiry into the True Principles of Beauty in Art, on anew system of substituting earthworks for masonry in fortification, on the topography of Jerusalem; a Handbook of Architecture; A History of the Modern Styles of Architecture : A History of Architecture in all Countries; History of Indian and Eastern Architecture, Tree and Serpent Worship, The Parthenon, etc. etc., besides other works on Architecture and connected subjects. It was said of him that he invested the historical study of Architecture, particularly Indian Architecture, with a new interest. He received the gold medal for Architecture from the Institute of British Architects, and was often consulted on architectural questions. He was D.C.L. : F.R.S : F.G.S. : LL.D : died Jan. 9, 1886.

'''FERGUSSON, SIR JAMES. SIXTH BARONET''' (1832–)

Born 1832 : son of Sir James Fergusson, fifth Baronet : educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford : succeeded as Baronet, 1849 : entered the Grenadier Guards, 1851 : Lieut, and Captain, 1854 : served in the Crimean war. Alma and Inkerman (wounded) and siege of Sebastopol : M.P. for Ayrshire, 1854, 1857, 1865 retired from the Army, 1856 : Under Secretary of State for India, 1866–7 Under Secretary in the Home Department 1867–8 : Governor of S. Australia, 1868 of New Zealand, 1873–5 : of Bombay 1880–5 : Under Secretary of State Foreign Office, 1886–91 : Postmaster General, 1891–2 : P.C. : G.C.S.I.: K.C.M.G. C.I.E.: LL.D.

FIELD, SIR JOHN (1821–1899)

General : entered the Army, 1839 : joined the 6th N.I. in 1840 : served in the Afghan and Sind campaigns, 1841–4 : on the Bolan, Quetta, Kandahar line, and at Haikalzai : in the mutiny of 1857 protected Poona with his native regt. : at the capture of Dwarka : in Abyssinia 1867–8 commanded the advance Brigade : at capture of Magdala : C.B. : A.D.C. to Queen Victoria : Maj-General, 1879 : Judge Advocate-General of the Bombay Army : K.C.B., 1887 : died April 16, 1899.

FILOSE, JEAN BAPTISTE' (1775–1846)

Colonel : son of Michael Filose (q.v.) : born at Faizabad, March, 1775 : educated at Calcutta : served under the Mogul Emperor at Delhi : adopted by a French-man, La Fontaine : entitled Itmaduddaula by the Emperor : took service under Daulat Rao Sindia : kept under arrest by Perron (q.v.) : defeated by the British in the Mahrattawar of 1803 : employed in reducing refractory chiefs in Bundelkund, Malwa, etc., for Sindia : again arrested for 18 months : constantly engaged in fighting with Rajputs and Bundelas for Sindia : his troops constantly mutinous for arrears of pay : again under arrest for 7 years, restored in 1824, deprived of his command in 1843 : ordered by Tara Bai to take command of the Army at Chanda against the English : defeated : transferred his offices to his grandson, Peter : died May 2, 1864 : his grandson. Sir Michael Filose, employed as architect, etc., at Gwalior.

FILOSE, MICHAEL (? –after 1797)

Colonel : a Neapolitan adventurer : in the French Army at Madras : reached Calcutta about 1770 : served the Nawab