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  and Balliol College, Oxford : entered the Bengal Civil Service, 1877 : served in N.W.P. and Oudh, 1877–86, then in the Government Secretariat : acted as Private Secretary to the Viceroy, 1888, 1890, and was Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department, 1894–1 902 : Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces, 1902 : C.I.E., 1891 : C.S.I., 1899 : acting Member of the Supreme Council, 1904 : Member of it for Commerce, 1905.

HEWETT, SIR WILLIAM NATHAN WRIGHTE (1834–1888)

Born Aug. 12, 1834 : son of Dr. W. Hewett : entered the Navy, 1847 : saw service in the Burmese war, 1851 : in the Crimea, where he won his V.C, and was promoted to be Lieutenant : in China, and on the W. coast of Africa, during the Ashanti war, 1873–4 : K.C.B. : Naval C. in C. in the E. Indies, 1882 : commanded the naval forces engaged in the Egyptian war, 1882 : at Suakin, 1884 : sent on a mission to Abyssinia : K.C.S.I. : Vice-Admiral, 1884 : commanded the Channel Fleet, 1886–8 : died May 13, 1888.

HEXT, SIR JOHN (1842–)

Born Oct. 14, 1842 : son of Rev. J. H. Hext : entered the R.N., 1857 : served in Ashanti war, 1878; Egyptian war, 1882 : and Burma : Capt., 1882 : Director of Royal Indian Marine, 1883–98 : C.I.E., 1889 : K.C.I.E., 1897 : Rear-Admiral, 1887.

HICKEY, THOMAS (1740?–1822)

Portrait-painter : exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1772–92 : went out to India, and said to have written The History of Painting and Sculpture from the Earliest Accounts, published at Calcutta, 1788 : went also to China, with Lord Macartney's embassy, 1792–4 : painted historical pictures at Seringapatam, 1799 : between 1800 and 1822 at Madras and Calcutta, where many of his pictures are in Government House : given a pension by the Madras Government.

HICKSON, SAMUEL ARTHUR EINEM (1858–)

Born Sep. 6, 1858 : son of James Hickson : educated at Highgate : joined the R.E., 1879 : served in the Afghan war, 1879–80 : relief of Kandahar : Suakin campaign, 1885 : Gordon relief expedition : Burma campaign, 1885–7 : capture of Mandalay : D.S.O., 1887 : commanded R.E. at Shorncliffe : Lt-Colonel.

HICKY, JAMES AUGUSTUS ( ? - ? )

Engaged in trade : experienced very heavy losses by sea, 1775–6, for which he was delivered to his creditors and sent to jail at Calcutta, Oct. 1776 : on coming out he established Hicky's Bengal Gazette, 1780 : at first dull and vulgar, it became full of personalities and scurrilous attacks, often directed at Warren Hastings and Sir E. Impey : it never attacked Sir P. Francis : its circulation through the General Post Office was stopped in Nov. 1780 : in June, 1781, Hicky was arrested and imprisoned under Impey's order at the suit of Hastings and fined : the paper continued, and Hicky was again fined : and in 1782, after his imprisonment for 19 months, the types were seized and the paper ceased : he is described as "a worthless man, but as the pioneer of the Indian Press" in Busteed's Echoes from Old Calcutta.

HIDAYAT ALI, KHAN BAHADUR ( ? –1882)

Attached at first to Rattray's Sikhs (45th N.I.) : was at the sieges of Multan, 1848–9, and at Ramnagar and Gujarat : in 1856, in Rattray's Police Battalion : in the mutiny at Dinapur assisted the civil authorities to arrest rebels : gained the first class of the Order of British India, made Sirdar Bahadur : at several engagements defeated the Shahabad rebels in 1858 : gained the first class Order of Merit : in the Sikhim expedition, 1861 : and helped with Rattray's police force to suppress disturbances at Sambalpur : with the police in 1862, helped to put down the rebellion in the Khasia and Jaintia hills : assistant to the Political Officer in the Bhutan expedition : Commandant of the Cooch Behar troops : in charge of the Coolie Corps in the Lushai expedition, 1871–2 : Khan Bahadur : A.D.C. to the C. in C. : C.I.E. : died at Dinapur, July 3, 1882 : Lt-Colonel : an officer of great soldierly qualities and capacity.