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 open the communications with Delhi, May to July, in the Mathura and Gurgaon districts, until the Contingent mutinied : retired, 1863 : K.C.S.I. : died Nov. 4, 1884.  HARVEY, ROBERT (1842–1901)

Maj-General : son of Alexander Harvey : educated at Aberdeen and Glasgow Universities : M.D. Aberdeen and LL.D. : entered the Bengal Medical Service, 1865 : Surg-Major, 1877 : in the Bhutan expedition, 1864–6 : in Lushai expedition, 1871–2 : Professor of Midwifery at the Medical College Hospital, Calcutta, 1880 : officiating Principal, 1882 : P.M.O. in both Miranzai expeditions : in the Hazara Field Force, 1891 : Isazai expedition, 1872 : Inspr-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal, 1894 : P.M.O. to the Panjab forces, 1895 : Director-General, I. M.S., 1898 : Fellow of the Calcutta University : President of the first Indian Medical Congress : wrote constantly in medical Journals : C.B. : D.S.O. : died Dec. 1, 1901.  HASTINGS, FRANCIS RAWDON, FIRST MARQUIS OF (1754–1826)

Governor-General : born Dec. 9, 1754 : eldest son of first Earl of Moira : educated at Harrow and University College, Oxford : entered the Army, 1771, and the 5th foot, 1773 : to America : engaged at Bunker's Hill, 1775 : and in other battles till 1781 : Lt-Colonel, and Adjutant-General in America, 1778 : captured by the French on his voyage to England, 1781 : made Baron Rawdon, 1783 : opposed Fox's India Bill, 1783 : took the additional name of Hastings, 1790 : succeeded as Earl of Moira, 1793 : commanded reinforcements in Flanders : Lt-General, 1798 : C. in C. in Scotland : General in 1803 : Master of the Ordnance, 1806 : Constable of the Tower of London : K.G., 1812 : Governor-General of India, and C. in C, Oct. 4, 1813, to Jan. 9, 1823 : war against Nipal, 1814–6 : created Marquis of Hastings for his success : took command in the Pindari war of 1817–8 : made subsidiary treaties against them : deposed the Peshwa, and defeated the Mahrattas : thus making the British power supreme over all India : G.C.B. and G.C.H. : acquired Singapore and entered into communications with Slam : granted £60,000 by the E. I. Co. : allowed the banking house of W. Palmer & Co., at Hyderabad, to lend 60 lakhs to the Nizam, an act which the Court of Directors disallowed : Hastings resigned in 1821 : but was not relieved until 1823 : Governor and C. in C. of Malta, 1824 : the Court of Proprietors of the E. I. Co. agreed to an amendment adverse to his action in the case of Palmer & Co. : died off Naples, on Nov. 28, 1826 : his statue by Chantrey was erected in Calcutta by the British residents there. He wrote, 1824, a summary of his Indian administration, which is remembered for its length, for his victorious wars, and extension of British territory, as well as for his personal ability, both in his civil and military capacities.  HASTINGS, WARREN (1732–1818)

Governor-General : born Dec. 6, 1732 : son of Pynaston Hastings : educated at Newington Butts and Westminster : first King's Scholar, 1747 : went to Calcutta in civil employ of the E. I. Co. 1750 : to Kasimbazar in 1753 : Member of Council there : imprisoned at Murshidabad, 1756, joined the British refugees from Calcutta at Falta : Resident at Murshidabad, 1757–60, corresponding with Clive, the Governor of Calcutta : had difficulties with Raja Nuncomar (q.v.) : Member of Council in Calcutta, 1761 : sent to Patna to negotiate about inland trade : was struck in Council by a colleague : to England, 1764–9 : sent to Madras as second in Council there, 1769, the Baron and Baroness von Imhoff being fellow-passengers on his ship : Governor of Bengal from April 13, 1772 : the whole revenue and judicial administration was revised, and the conduct of superior native officials investigated : Hastings sent troops, according to an existing treaty, to assist the Nawab of Oudh against the Rohillas, who were defeated : by the Regulating Act of 1773, Hastings was appointed Governor-General, with four colleagues : the new regime took effect from Oct. 20, 1774 : Francis, Clavering, Monson opposed him, Barwell siding with him : Nuncomar accused Hastings of corruption, Hastings charged Nuncomar and others with conspiracy : Nuncomar was himself arrested on a charge of forgery, tried, convicted and hanged on Aug. 5, 1775. Hastings sent George Boyle (q.v.) on a mission to the Teshu Lama of Tibet : and,