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 at Badiwal, Aliwal and Sobraon : Captain, 1847 : General, 1885 : Member of the Council of India, 1878–88 : C.B., 1877 : Colonel of the 21st Hussars, 1872–6, and of the 16th Lancers, 1886 : K.C.B., 1893 : died Feb. 11, 1896.

FOSTER, WILLIAM (1863–)

Born Nov. 19, 1863 : son of William Foster : educated at Cooper's Grammar School and London University : joined the India Office, 1882 : edited India Office List, 1891–5 : Assistant to the Registrar and Superintendent of Records, 1901 : Hon. Secretary to the Hakluyt Society, 1893–1902 : has edited several old records, including The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the Great Mogul, 1615–19, and, with Sir G. Birdwood, The First Letter-hook of the East India Company, 1600–19.

FOULIS, SIR EDWARD (1768–1843)

Arrived in India, 1789 : in the 3rd Cavalry in Mysore under Cornwallis, 1791–2 : at sieges of Bangalore, Savandrug, Seringapatam, Pondicherry : in the Mysore war under General Harris, 1788–91, at Malavilli and Seringapatam : under Col. A. Wellesley, against Dhoondia Waugh, saw much active service : Remount agent for Madras cavalry, 1807 : commanded Light Cavalry, 1815 : in Pindari war, 1817 : commanded at Arcot, 1819 : held various cavalry commands : Maj-General, 1837 : K.C.B. : died April 12, 1843.

FOWLER, SIR HENRY HARTLEY (1830–)

Born May 16, 1830 : educated at Woodhouse Grove School, and St. Saviour's Grammar School : Mayor of Wolver-hampton, 1863 : M.P. for Wolverhampton since 1880 : Under Secretary, Home Department, 1884–5 : Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1886 : President of the Local Government Board, 1892–4 : Secretary of State for India, March 10, 1894, to July 5, 1895 : G.C.S.I., 1895 : P.C. : D.L.

FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749–1806)

Third son of Henry Fox, Lord Holland : born Jan. 24, 1749 : educated at Wandsworth, Eton and Hertford College, Oxford, 1764–6 : M.P. for Midhurst, 1768 : for Westminster, 1780 : held office in the Government, 1770–2 : 1772–4 : attacked Lord Clive in Parliament, 1773; Foreign Secretary, 1782–3, 1806 : Fox introduced into Parliament, Nov. 18, 1783, his Bills, prepared with Burke's aid, for the better Government of India : by the first Bill, he proposed to establish a Board of 7 Commissioners to hold office for 4 years and have absolute control over the patronage and Government of India : with a Board of 8 Assistant Councillors to administer the commercial affairs of the E.I. Co. : by the second Bill, restrictions were imposed upon the free action of the Governor-General. The first Bill passed the House of Commons, but was rejected by the House of Lords, by the King's influence, Dec. 17, 1783 : the second Bill made no progress. When his party attacked Warren Hastings, 1786, Fox spoke for the Rohilla charge, and June 13, brought forward the Benares charge, which he carried : spoke in favour of the charge relating to the Begams of Oudh, 1787 : took a leading part in settling the articles of impeachment of Hastings : was a manager of the trial : again led the Benares charge in the trial, 1788 : spoke against the abatement of the impeachment by the dissolution of Parliament, 1789 : died Sep. 13, 1806.

FOX, HENRY WATSON (1817–1848)

Missionary : son of George Townshend Fox : born 1817 : educated at Rugby and Wadham College, Oxford : ordained, 1840 : to Madras in 1841 as a missionary of the Church Missionary Society : worked at Masulipatam : visited the Nilgiris, Travancore, Tinnivelly : became Assistant Secretary to the Society : died at Durham, Oct. 14, 1848 : wrote Chapters on Missions in South India.

FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (1740–1818)

Son of the Rev. Philip Francis : born Oct. 22, 1740 : educated at Dublin and St. Paul's School : became a junior clerk in the Secretary of State's office : Secretary to General E. Bligh and at the capture of Cherbourg in 1758 : Secretary to Lord Kinnoull's Embassy at Lisbon, 1760 : amanuensis to Pitt, 1761–2 : clerk at the War Office, 1762 : resigned in March, 1772, for some unexplained reason. During those years, "Junius' letters"