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 the E.I. Co.'s Bengal Army, 1821 : served in Sind, from 1844 : became Collector-Magistrate there : in the expedition to the Trucki hills : had great influence over the Beluchis : increased the area of canal cultivation : commanded a Brigade sent to annex Oudh : in charge of the Faizabad Division, when the mutiny of 1857 broke out : fortified the town : compelled to leave in boats : killed at Begamji, on the Gogra, 30 miles from Faizabad, about June 9, 1857.

GOLDNEY, THOMAS HOLLROW (1847–)

Born Oct. 10, 1847 : son of Colonel Philip Goldney, Bengal Array : educated privately : joined the English Army, and subsequently the Bengal Staff Corps : served in Sikhim expedition, 1888 : expedition to Dongola, 1896 : N.W. Frontier of India, 1897, relief of Chakdara : Mohmand expedition, 1897–8 : C.B. : Colonel.

GOLDSMID, SIR FREDERICK JOHN (1818–)

Maj-General : son of Lionel P. Goldsmid : educated at Paris and King's College, London : entered the Madras Army, 1839 : served in China war, 1840–1 : in Eastern Crimea with Turkish troops, 1855–6 : on special missions and political employment under Bombay Government, 1862–4 : Director of Government Indo-European Telegraph, 1865–70 : Colonel, 1870 : Boundary Commissioner to settle Perso-Kelat frontier, and arbitrator in the Perso-Afghan Boundary settlement, Seistan, 1870–2 : Maj-General, 1875 : British Commissioner on International Commission for Indian immigrants in Reunion, 1877–80 : British Controller of Daira Sanieh, Egypt, 1880–3 : author of Telegraph and Travel, 1874; James Outtram, a Biography, 1880, and contributor to Encyclopaedia Britannica : C.B., 1866 : K.C.S.I., 1871 : F.R.G.S.

GOLDSMID, HENRY EDWARD (1812–1855)

Of the Bombay Civil Service : born May 9, 1812 : son of Edward Goldsmid : educated privately and at Haileybury : went to the Bombay Presidency, 1832 : became assistant to the Revenue Commissioner, Mr. Williamson, in 1835 : devised the Revenue Survey and assessment system of Western India, and applied it, 1835–45 : Private Secretary to Sir G. R. Clerk, Governor of Bombay, 1847–8 : Secretary in the Revenue Department in 1848, and Chief Secretary, 1854. He was the founder of a school of revenue officers who gave effect to the ryotwari system of direct tenure of the cultivators from the Government as landlord : the system generally adopted in W. India : Goldsmid died at Cairo, Jan. 3, 1855.

GOLDSTUCKER, THEODORE (1821–1872)

Born Jan. 18, 1821, at Konigsberg : educated at the University, Konigsberg, 1836, and at Bonn, studying Sanskrit under Schlegel and Lassen, devoting himself chiefly to philosophy and Oriental languages : stayed in Paris and Berlin, but finally lived in England, 1850, when he was appointed Professor of Sanskrit, University College, London : held this post till his death : an authority on Sanskrit philology : he wrote on Panini, his Place in Sanskrit Literature, 1861; an unfinished Dictionary, Sanskrit and English; an edition de luxe of the Mahabhashya, an Indian Commentary on Panini's Grammar, published in 1874 by the Indian Government after Goldstiicker's death. He also wrote for the English public, in various Encyclopaedias, popular articles on Indian philosophy and mythology, published after his death as Literary Remains, 1879 : founded the Society for the Publication of Sanskrit Texts in London, 1866 : Member of the Royal Asiatic Society and of its Council : President of the Philological Society, before which he read papers, but would not publish them : respected as an authority on ancient Hindu literature and law, and consulted on the Hindu Law of Inheritance by the Government of India : referred to also by scholars and statesmen, in Europe and India. His last work was On the Deficiencies in the Present Administration of Hindu Law : he died March 6, 1872.

GOLIGHTLY, ROBERT EDMUND (1856–)

Born Sep. 15, 1856 : son of Rev. Canon Golightly : educated at Eton and Sand- hurst : joined the Army, 1875 : became Captain, 1886 : served at Kandahar and Ghazni, 1878, and in march from Kandahar