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Rh Oriental literature: translated a portion of Abul Fazl's Ain-i-Akbari, 1783–6: member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal: published a History of Hindustan, 1788: a number of translations of Persian writers, including the Gulistan: a Persian-Hindustani-English dictionary, 1809: was first Professor of Persian at the College of Fort William, 1801: Collector of Customs at Patna, 1802: Commissary resident at Patna, 1808: he died about 1813.

GLEIG, REV. GEORGE ROBERT (1796–1888)

Born April 20, 1796: son of Bishop George Gleig: educated at Glasgow and Balliol College, Oxford: entered the Army, 1812: served in the Peninsula and America: took his degree, 1819: ordained, 1820: Chaplain of Chelsea Hospital, 1834: Chaplain-General of the Forces, 1844–75: died July 9, 1888: wrote largely for Reviews and Magazines: also, among other works. The Life of Sir Thomas Munro, The History of India, Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan, Lives of "Lord Clive," and "Warren Hastings."

GLENELG, CHARLES GRANT, BARON (1778–1866)

Son of Charles Grant (q. v.): born Oct. 26, 1778, at Kidderpur, Bengal: came to England, 1790: educated at Magdalen College, Cambridge: Fellow: won Claudius Buchanan's (q. v.) University Prize poem on "The Restoration of Learning in the East": called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, Jan. 30, 1807: M.P. from 1811–35 for Inverness and the county: Lord of the Treasury, 1813: Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1819–23: and Privy Councillor: Vice-President of the Board of Trade, 1823–7: President of the Board, and Treasurer of the Navy, 1827–8: President of the Board of Control from Nov. 22, 1830, to Dec. 15, 1834. It devolved on him to carry the Bill, in 1833, for the renewal of the E.I. Co.'s charter: the Company retained its political status, but its property was vested in the Crown: the Bishopric in India was increased. He was Secretary for the Colonies, 1835–9: made a peer in 1835: abolished West Indian Slavery: his policy in Canada was attacked on all sides, and he resigned in 1839, receiving a pension and the office of Commissioner of the Land-Tax: died April 23, 1866, and the title became extinct. GOBLET D'ALVIELLA, COUNT EUGENE (1846– )

Born Aug. 10, 1846, at Brussels: son of Count Louis Goblet d'Alviella, member of the Belgian House of Representatives: educated at Brussels and Paris: took the degrees of D.Polit.Science, D.LL. and D.Phil., at Brussels: called to the bar: became a member of the Provincial Council of Brabant, 1872: managed, 1874–92, the Revue de Belgique: in 1875, accompanied H.R.H. the Prince of Wales to India, as special correspondent of the Independence Beige: afterwards visited Sikhim and the Buddhist monasteries on the Tibet frontier: sat in the Belgian House of Representatives, 1878–84: member of the Senate, 1892: Secretary of the Senate since 1900: appointed Professor of the History of Religions in 1884, and still occupies this post: Hibbert Lecturer at Oxford and London, 1891: 1896–8, Rector of the University of Brussels: 1897, elected President of the Royal Academy of Belgium: Senator of Belgium, 1894: Secretary of the Senate since 1900: author of works dealing with both the ancient civilization and the modern development of India under British rule: Inde et Himalaya; Souvenirs de Voyage, 1877, 1880; L'Histoire religieuse chez les Anglais, les Americains, et les Hindous, 1884; La Migration des Symboles, 1891 ; Ce que l'Inde doit a la Grece, 1897: and numerous articles on the people and religions of India in the Revue de Belgique, Revue des Deux Mondes, etc.: M. R. A. S.: Ll. D. of the University of Glasgow, 1901.

GODDARD, THOMAS (1740?–1783)

Grandson of Thomas Goddard, Canon of Windsor: at Madras with his regiment under Coote, 1759–61: at the capture of Pondicherry, Jan. 16, 1761: in the 84th regt. in the Bengal campaign, 1763: joined the Bengal Army: raised "Goddard's battalion" of sepoys at Murshidabad in 1764: served in quelling the mutiny at Patna, 1766: at capture of Burrareah, near Chapra, 1770: and against the Mahrattas in Rohilkund, 1772: in command at Berhampur, 1774: and of the contingent at Lucknow, 1776: 