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 FITZGERALD, CHARLES JOHN OSWALD (1840–) Born June 6, 1840 : son of General James Fitzgerald : educated at Edinburgh Academy : joined the Indian Army, 1857 : served in the mutiny : Adjutant of Central India Horse, 1860 : Adjutant 3rd Cavalry Hyderabad Contingent, 1862 : commanded 3rd H.C. Cavalry in Afghan campaign, 1880 : Political A.D.C. to Secretary of State for India, 1882 : commanded his regiment in the Burma campaign, 1886–8 : C.B., 1887.

FITZGERALD, SIR GERALD (1833–)

Son of Francis Fitzgerald, Galway : educated at S. Mary's College, Galway, and in France : began life as a clerk in the War Office, 1856, and became Assistant Comptroller-General of India, 1869 : Accountant-General of Madras, 1871; Burma, 1873 : served under the Egyptian Government, 1877–84 : Accountant-General of the Navy, 1885 : K.C.M.G., 1885.

FITZGERALD, SIR WILLIAM GERALD SEYMOUR VESEY (1841–)

Born 1841 : son of Right Hon. Sir William R. S. Vesey Fitzgerald, Governor of Bombay : educated at Harrow and Oriel College, Oxford : Political A.D.C. to the Secretary of State for India, 1874 : K.C.I.E., 1887: C.S.I., 1887.

FITZGERALD, SIR WILLIAM ROBERT SEYMOUR VESEY (1818–1885)

Governor; son of William, second Baron Fitzgerald and Vesey : born 1818 : educated at Oriel College, Oxford : Newdigate Prize, 1835 : B.A., 1837 : called to the bar, from Lincoln's Inn, 1839 : M. P. for Horsham, 1852–65 : Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1858–9 : was Governor of Bombay from March 6, 1867, to May 6, 1872 : Privy Councillor, 1866 : K.C.S.I. in 1867 : G.C.S.I. in 1868 : again M.P. for Horsham, 1874–5 : Chief Charity Commissioner, 1875 : D.C.L. of Oxford : died June 28, 1885.

FITZGERALD AND VESEY, WILLIAM VESEY, LORD (1783–1843)

Born 1783 : son of Rt. Hon. James Fitzgerald : educated at Christ Church, Oxford : M.P. for Ennis, 1898 and 1831 : for Clare County, 1818 : for boroughs in Cornwall, 1829–30 : Lord of the Treasury, and Privy Councillor in Ireland and England : EnvoyExtraordinary to Sweden, 1820–3 : President of the Board of Trade, 1828 : acceded to his mother's Irish Peerage, 1832 : made an English Peer, 1835 : President of the Board of Control, 1841–3 : F.S.A. and President of the Royal Asiatic Society : died May 11, 1843.

FITZPATRICK, SIR DENNIS (1837–)

I.C.S. : born 1837 : educated at Trinity College, Dublin : entered the Indian Civil Service : called to the bar from the Inner Temple : acted as Judge of the Panjab Chief Court, 1876–7 : was Secretary to the Government of India in the Legislative Department, 1877–85 : Secretary in the Home Department, 1885 : acting Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces. 1885–87 : Acting Resident in Mysore : Chief Commissioner oft Assam : Resident at Hyderabad : Lieutenant-Governor of the Panjab, 1892–7 : Member of the Council of India since 1897 : K.C.S.I., 1890.

FLEET, JOHN FAITHFULL (1847–)

I.C.S. : educated at Merchant Taylors and University College, London : went out to Bombay, 1867 : epigraphist to the Government of India, 1883 : Commissioner in Bombay, Central and Southern Divisions, and Commissioner of Customs : C.I.E., 1884 : retired, 1897 : Hon. Ph.D. of Gottingen, 1892 : author of Gupta Inscriptions : Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts : and numerous contributions to the Indian Antiquary, the Archceological Reports of W. India, the Epigraphia Indica : joint proprietor and Editor of the Indian Antiquary, 1885–91.

FLETCHER, SIR HENRY, BARONET (1727–1807)

Born 1727 : commanded two vessels of the E.I. Co. : after good service and retirement, he became Director of the E.I. Co. for 18 years, and Chairman of the Court in 1782 and 1783 : M.P. for Cumberland, 1768–1806 : Baronet, 1782 : in Fox's India Bill, which was not carried, he was nominated one of the 7 Commissioners for the affairs of Asia : stated his opinion in Parliament that it would have been better for England and Europe if the<section end="Fletcher, Sir Henry, Baronet" />