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 HARRIS, WILLIAM GEORGE, SECOND BARON (1782–1845)

Son of the first Baron (q.v.) : born Jan. 19, 1782 : educated at Chelsea : joined the Army in 1795 : and the 74th Highlanders in Madras, 1797 : served in his father's Army against Tippoo, 1799 : in the storming party at Seringapatam : conveyed home the standards taken there to the King : at the battle of Copenhagen : in Canada : was a volunteer in Sir D. Baird's re-capture of the Cape, 1805 : served in N. Germany and in the Netherlands, 1813–4 : wounded at Waterloo, 1815 : held commands in Ireland and England : succeeded as Peer, 1829 : Lt-General, 1837 : C.B. : K.C.H. : died May 30, 1845.

HARRISON, SIR HENRY LELAND (1837–1892)

I.C.S. : son of Rev. James Harwood Harrison : educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford : went to Bengal in the Civil Service, 1860 : Junior Secretary to Government of Bengal, 1867 : Secretary to Board of Revenue, 1878 : Commissioner of Police and Chairman of the Corporation of Calcutta, 1881–90: knighted : Member of the Bengal Legislative Council : Member of the Board of Revenue, 1890 : died of cholera, at Chittagong. May 5, 1892.

HART, GEORGE VAUGHAN (1752–1832)

Born 1752 : entered the Army, 1775 : fought in the American war, 1775–8 : in the West Indies, 1778–9 : went to India : in the naval actions with Admiral Suffrein : was on Sir Edward Hughes's ship off Madras : was at the taking of Bangalore, 1791, and of the hill forts : at Malavilli and at the siege of Seringapatam : commanded in Canara, 1799 : Maj-General, 1805 : Lt-General, 1811 : commanded in Ireland : M.P. for Donegal, 1812–31 : died June 14, 1832.

HARTLEY, JAMES (1745–1799)

Born 1745 : entered the E.I, Co.'s military service at Bombay in 1764 : in the expeditions against the pirates on the Malabar coast, 1765 : A.D.C. to the Governor of Bombay, 1770 : in 1778 he was in the Army sent by the Bombay Government to the Konkan, which retreated before the Mahrattas in 1779 : by his skilful conduct of the rearguard, he saved the force from utter defeat. He was opposed to the Convention of Wargaum, Jan. 14, 1779 : captured Ahmadabad, Feb. 15, 1780 : was further engaged against the Mahrattas, 20,000 of whom he defeated at Doogaur, Dec. 9, 1780 : his promotion to Lt-Colonel was disallowed by the Court of Directors, but granted by the King in England : Q.M.G. of the Bombay Army, 1788 : in Dec. 1790, he defeated Tippoo's general, Husain Ali, at Calicut : co-operated against Seringapatam in 1791 : captured the French settlement of Mahe in 1793 : Maj-General in 1796 : made Supervisor of Malabar : second in command of the Bombay Army under General Stuart against Tippoo in 1799 : fought at Seedaseer on March 5, 1799 : at the storming of Seringapatam, May 4 : died at Cannanore, Oct. 4, 1799.

HARTMANN, RIGHT REV. DR. ANASTASIUS (1803–1866)

Born Feb. 25, 1803, in the Canton of Lucerne : studied at Soleure, and entered the Capuchin Order, Sep. 1822 : ordained Priest, 1826: became master of novices at Fribourg : at Rome, 1841–3, as Professor of Controversy : sent to Agra, 1843, and, after six months, appointed Chaplain at Gwalior : Bishop of Derbe : in 1846 appointed Vicar Apostolic of Patna, and Bishop at Agra, also in 1846 : Vicar Apostolic of Bombay from 1849 : founded the Catholic Examiner : made Assistant Prelate to the Pontifical Throne and Count of the Roman Empire, also Procurator-General of the Capuchin Mission : again went to Patna as Vicar Apostolic, 1860 : laboured in the interests of his charge : published an Urdu version of the New Testament : secured the exemption of Catholic natives from the Bill for the marriage of native Christians : survived an attack of cholera in June, 1865, but succumbed to another attack, April 24, 1866.

HARVEY, SIR GEORGE FREDERIC (1809–1884)

I.C.S. : son of Sir John Harvey, K.C.B. : educated at Haileybury, 1825–7 : joined the Civil Service in the N.W.P., 1827 : Commissioner of Agra in the mutiny : with the Bhartpur troops tried to keep