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 HAUGHTON,SIR GRAVES CHAMPNEY (1788–1849)

Son of Dr. John Haughton : born 1788 : went to India in the E. I. Co.'s Bengal Army in 1808 : attained great proficiency in Oriental languages by study at Baraset and at the College of Fort William : in 1815 he returned to England from ill-health : was appointed Assistant Oriental Professor at Haileybury, and became Professor of Sanskrit and Bengah, 1819–27 : published Bengali works, and in 1825 an edition of the Sanskrit text of Manu : M.A. at Oxford : F.R.S. : was one of the originators of the Royal Asiatic Society and its Honorary Secretary, 1831–2 Member of foreign Asiatic Societies made in 1833 a Knight of the Guelphic Order : in 1833 he brought out a Bengali and Sanskrit dictionary, explained in English. He latterly occupied himself with science and metaphysics : wrote, 1833, an Inquiry into the Nature of Cholera and the Means of Cure : died of cholera at St. Cloud on Aug. 28, 1849.

HAUGHTON, JOHN COLPOYS (1817–1887)

Born Nov, 25, 1817 : son of Richard Haughton, nephew of Sir G. C. Haughton (q.v.) : educated at Shrewsbury : volunteered for the sea, 1830 : was a Midshipman, 1832–5, then invalided : entered the E. I. Co.'s Bengal Native Infantry in 1837 : in the Afghan war of 1839–42 was Adjutant of the 4th Gurkhas in Shah Shuja's force : made a gallant defence, in command, of Charikar, a town 40 m. from Kabul, Nov. 5-14, 1841, when besieged by 20,000 Afghans : severely wounded, lost a hand : reached Kabul on Nov. 16 : in captivity in Afghanistan, Jan. to Sep. 1842 : served in native infantry at Moulraain, the Andamans, in Assam, in the Khasia-Jaintia expedition, 1862–3, in the Bhutan expedition, 1864–5 : in the Garo expedition, 1872–3 : Commissioner of Cooch-Behar and Manager of the State, 1865–73 : C.S.I., 1866 : left India, 1873 : Lt-General, 1882 : died Sep. 17, 1887 : wrote an account of the occurrences at Charikar.

HAVELOCK, SIR ARTHUR ELIBANK (1844–)

Born 1844 : son of Lt-Colonel W. Havelock, K.H. : nephew of Sir H. Havelock (q.v.) : entered the Army, 1862, and retired as Captain in 1877 : held various Colonial appointments, including those of Governor of the West African Settlements, Governor of Trinidad, Governor of Natal : became Governor of Ceylon, 1890–5 : Governor of Madras, 1895–1900 : described as "a most vigilant and patriotic champion of Madras interests" : Governor of Tasmania, 1901–4 : G.C.M.G., 1895 : G.C.I.E., 1896 : G.C.S.I., 1901.

HAVELOCK, SIR HENRY (1795–1857)

Maj-General : born April 5, 1795 : educated at Swanscombe and the Charter- house : entered at the Middle Temple for the bar, but in 1815 went into the Army, studied military works diligently : to Calcutta in Jan. 1823, with the 13th Light Infantry : in 1824 he was nominated D.A.A.G. of the Burma expedition, and, with an interval of sick leave, served until the conclusion of the war : in 1827 he was made Adjutant of the Depot at Chinsura : in 1828 published his Campaigns in Ava, and in 1829 married a daughter of Dr. Marshman, the Serampur Missionary, and joined the Baptist community. He was deeply religious all his life. Captain in 1838. In that year he was appointed to the Staff of Sir Willoughby Cotton in the Kabul expedition through Kandahar and Ghazni. After the capture of Kabul, he returned to Serampur to complete a narrative of the expedition. It attracted no attention. In 1841 he returned to Kabul as Persian Interpreter to General Elphinstone (q.v.),then in command. In Oct. 1841, he joined Sir R. Sale's brigade returning to Jalalabad, was in the "illutrious garrision" during its seige and at the defeat of Akbar Khan in April, 1842 : at Maharajpur in 1843, and in the Satlaj campaign of 1845–6 under Sir Hugh Gough : in 1854, Quarter-Master-General, and, in 1855, Adjutant-General. He commanded a Division in the Persian war of 1856–7, and was present at Muhamra. On his way from Bombay to Calcutta he was wrecked off Ceylon. From Calcutta in June, 1857, he hurried to Allahabad, and in command of the movable column fought several actions, occupying Cawnpur after defeating the Nana Sahib on July 16, 1857 : fought more engagements, and after three failures relieved Lucknow in Sep. 1857, Sir James Outram accompanying his force. Compelled to remain