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 went to Bengal in 1799 : Secretary to Sir D. Ochterlony at Delhi, 1805 : Secretary to Mountstuart Elphinstone (q.v.) on his mission to Kabul : Political Agent to General Martindell's Army, 1815 : travelled with his brother to the Himalayas : settled Garhwal, 1819 : Member of the Board of Revenue, N.W.P., 1826: Resident at Delhi, 1830–5 : shot dead, on March 22, 1835, while riding at Delhi, by Kareem Khan, at the instigation of Shams-ud-din, Nawab of Firozpur : both of them were hanged.

PRASER-TYTLER, SIR JAMES MACLEOD BANNATYNE (1821–)

Born 1821 : entered the Bengal Army 1841, and became General, 1877 : served in the Afghan campaign, 1842, (severely wounded, Khyber Pass), A.D.C. to Lord Gough, Satlaj campaign, 1845–6 : at the battles of Mudki, Firozshahr, Sobraon : in the Panjab campaign, 1848–9, at Chilian wala and Gujarat : Indian mutiny, 1857 : at the relief of Lucknow : severely wounded Bhutan campaign, 1864–5 : C.B., 1857 : K.C.B., 1867.

FRAZER, ROBERT WATSON (1854–)

l.C.S. : born 1854 : educated at Rathmines school, Kingstown school and Trinity College, Dublin : entered the Madras Civil Service, 1877, but retired, 1886; invalided in consequence of fever contracted in the Rumpa rebellion. Lecturer, University Extension, on Indian Architecture : Principal Librarian and Secretary of London Institution : Lecturer in Tamil and Telegu, University College. Author of British India ("Story of the Nations" series), A Literary History of India, 1898.

FRENCH, RIGHT REV. THOMAS VALPY (1825–1891)

Bishop : son of the Rev. Peter French : born Jan. 1, 1825 : educated at Reading and Burton Grammar schools, Rugby, and University College, Oxford : Fellow, there, 1848 : ordained, 1848 : Principal of St. John's College, Agra, 1850 : founded Reynell Taylor's Derajat mission, 1861 : Vicar of Cheltenham, 1865–9 : founded the divinity school at Lahore, 1869 : first Bishop of Lahore, Dec. 1877 : D.D. of Oxford : resigned in 1887 : died at Muscat, as a missionary there. May 14, 1891 : was a good linguist, and distinguished as an evangelist.

FRERE, SIR HENRY BARTLE EDWARD, BARONET (1815–1884)

Governor : I.C.S. : sixth son of Edward Frere, and nephew of John Hookham Frere : born March 29, 1815, educated at Bath and Haileybury : went to India in 1834, by the overland route, making his way with difficulty via Cairo, Kosseir, Jeddah, Mocha, and a pilgrim vessel to Bombay : Assistant Revenue Commissioner for some years to H. E. Goldsmid (q.v.) in investigating land assessments : Private Secretary to Sir G. Arthur, Governor of Bombay, 1842 : Resident at Satara, 1846 : on the annexation of Satara in 1848–9 (to which he was opposed), Frere was appointed Commissioner : Chief Commissioner in Sind, 1850–9 : greatly advanced the Province in every way, conciliated the Amirs, improved Karachi harbour, developed institutions, controlled the frontier and the tribes : in the mutiny he nearly denuded Sind of troops to help the Panjab and South Mahratta country : repressed attempts at mutiny, and kept Sind quiet and loyal : his great services were highly valued in England and India : K.C.B. in 1859 : Member of the Governor-General's Supreme Council from Dec. 1859, to April, 1862 : helped greatly in the restoration of financial equilibrium and in the establishment of Legislative Councils : Governor of Bombay from April, 1862, to March, 1867 : advanced education, built colleges, pushed on railways, established the Bombay municipality, demolished the old ramparts of the town, initiated female education. Over-trading, speculation, and the restoration of peace in America (causing a fall in cotton) brought on a commercial crisis, in which the Bank of Bombay was involved : Frere' s policy during this period was the subject of unfavourable criticism. He was Member of the Council of India, 1867–77 : G.C.S.I. : D.C.L. : President of the Geographical and Asiatic Societies : sent to Zanzibar, in 1872, to negotiate a treaty for the suppression of the slave-trade : P.C : LL.D. : accompanied H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in his Indian tour, 1875–6 : Baronet and G.C.B. : appointed, in 1887, Governor of the Cape and High Commissioner in S. Africa : brought a war with the Kafirs to conclusion, 1878 : became engaged in