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 Agriculture, 1898–1901 : C.S.I., 1898 : Secretary at the India Office in the Department of Revenue, Statistics and Commerce, 1901.

HOLDICH, SIR EDWARD ALAN (1822–)

General : son of Rev. Thomas Holdich : educated privately : entered the Army, 1841 : served in Satlaj campaign, 1845–6 : at the battles of Mudki, Firozshahr, Aliwal and Sobraon : Boer war, 1848, Bronplatz : Kafir war, 1852 : Burmese war, 1853 : at Donabew : Indian mutiny, 1857–8 : commanded Cork and Dublin districts, 1871–6 : K.C.B., 1875 : retired.

HOLDICH, SIR THOMAS HUNGERFORD (1843–)

Born Feb. 13, 1843 : son of Rev. Thomas Peach Holdich : educated at Godolphin Grammai: School and Woolwich : joined the Royal Engineers, 1862, and became Brevet-Colonel, 1891 : served in the Bhutan expedition, 1865 : Abyssinian war, 1867 : Afghan war, 1878–80 : and Tirah expedition, 1897–8 : on special duty with the Afghan Boundary Commission, 1884–6 : Superintendent of Frontier Surveys, India, 1892–8 : Pamir Commission, 1895 : Perso-Beluch Commission, 1896 : Argentine-Chili Boundary, 1902–3 : C.B. and C.I.E., 1894 : K.C.I. E., 1897 : K.C.M.G., 1902 : Gold Medallist, Royal Geographical Society, 1887 : author of The Indian Borderland, 1901, and various papers on military surveying and geographical subjects.

HOLLAND, TREVENEN JAMES (1836–)

Born 1836 : son of Col. J. Holland : educated at Cheltenham and St. John's College, Oxford : entered the Army, 1852 : served in the Crimea : A.Q.M.G. in Sir Henry Havelock's force in the Persian campaign and in the Indian mutiny and China, 1857–60 : D.Q.M.G. in Abyssinian campaign, 1867–8 : C.B. and Brevet-Major and Lt-Colonel.

HOLLOWAY, WILLIAM (1828–1893)

I.C.S. : son of William Holloway : born 1828 : educated at Haileybury, 1846–7 : one of the most distinguished pupils of Empson (q.v.): went to Madras in 1848 : took great interest in Education; in 1853 wrote a masterly pamphlet, Notes on Madras Judicial Administration : was Secretary to the Commission of Inquiry into the system of judicature in the Madras Presidency : Judge of Tellicherry, 1861 : in 1863 made a High Court Judge, Madras : retired, 1877: died Aug. 11, 1893 : translated the first volume of Savigny's System of Modern Roman Law : C.S.I., 1875.

HOLMES, SIR GEORGE (1764–1816)

Ensign in the Bombay European Regt., 1780 : transferred to the loth N.I. : in the Mahratta war, 1780–1 : besieged at Tellicherry, 1781–2, by Hyder All's troops : at the capture of Cannanore, 1783 : in the Mysore war, 1791–2, and in Malabar : at Seringapatam, 1799 : commanded at the reduction of forts in Canara, and the relief of Montana : in Egypt under Baird, 1801–2 : at the siege of Baroda, 1802 : in the Mahratta war, 1803–5 : commanded a subsidiary force in Gujarat some years to 1815 : retired as Maj-General : K.C.B., 1815 : for nearly 36 years a regimental officer : died Oct. 29, 1816.

HOLMES, JOHN (1808–1878)

Maj-General : entered the Army in 1825 : in the Kolapur campaign, 1827 : in Upper Sind and Afghanistan, 1842 : with England's force in the return from Kandahar, actions in the Pishin Valley, Kojak pass, and retreat to the Indus : volunteered for service in the Crimea : in the mutiny, in the Central India campaign, capture of Awa, assault of Kotah, and pursuit of Tantia Topi : C.B. : Maj-General, 1862 : died Nov. 19, 1878.

HOLWELL, JOHN ZEPHANIAH (1711–1798)

Governor : son of Zephaniah Holwell, timber merchant : born Sep. 17. 1711 : educated at Richmond, and Iselmond, near Rotterdam : studied surgery at Guy's Hospital : to Calcutta in 1732 as surgeon's mate on an Indiaman : employed as surgeon in the Company's ships to the Patna factory : at the Dacca factory : at Calcutta. 1736–48 : alderman : principal surgeon : twice Mayor : perpetual zamindar of the 24 Parganas in 1751 : Seventh in the Council : when the fort at Calcutta was attacked by the Nawab Suraj-ud-daula on June 18, 1756,<section end="Holwell, John Zephaniah" />