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 and, on Sir Henry Lawrence being mortally wounded on July 2, succeeded to the command of the garrison until the relief by Sir Henry Havelock on Sep. 25 : was Maj-General and K.C.B. "for his enduring fortitude and persevering gallantry in the defence of the Residency of Lucknow for 87 days against an overwhelming force of the enemy" : in the subsequent action against Tantia Topi in Dec. 1857 : commanded the troops in the Ionian Islands, 1860 : died at Hombiurg, Sep. 27, 1862.

INGLIS, HON. JULIA SELINA, LADY (1833–1904)

Daughter of the first Lord Chelmsford : married to Sir John E. W. Inglis, K.C.B. (q.v.), who defended the Residency at Lucknow in the mutiny : in recognition of his services she received a pension. She herself went through the siege of 87 days and published The Siege of Lucknow, a Diary, 1892 : she was shipwrecked off Ceylon on her way home : died on Feb. 3, 1904.

INNES, JAMES JOHN MACLEOD (1830— )

Lt-General : born Feb. 5, 1830 : son of Siurgeon James Innes, H.E.I.C.S. : educated at Edinburgh University and Addiscombe : joined Bengal Engineers, 1848 : P.W.D. 1851 : served through the mutiny : in the defence of Lucknow Residency, 1857 : at siege of Lucknow, 1858, and actions of Chanda, Amirpur and Sultanpur : severely wounded : gained the V.C. for gallantry in capturing, and holding singlehanded, a gun which was being trained on an advancing column : Brevet-Major : Panjab Irrigation works : Accountant-General, P.W.D. India, 1870–80 : Inspr-General of Military Works, India : retired as General, 1886 : author of Lucknow and Oudh in the Mutiny, The Sepoy Revolt, 1897; Sir Henry Lawrence (Rulers of India series), 1898; Life of Sir lames Browne, K.C.S.I., R.E.

INNES, SIR JOHN HARRY KER (1820–)

Born 1820 : educated at University College, London : entered the Army Medical Department, 1842, and became Surgeon General, 1872 : served in the Crimea, 1855 : Indian mutiny, 1857 : Oudh, 1858–9 : British Sanitary Com- missioner during Franco- Prussian war, 1870–1 : P.M.O., India, 1876–80 : K.C.B., 1887 : F.R.S., 1887. 

IRVINE, WILLIAM (1840– )

I.C.S. : born July 5, 1840 : son of William Irvine : educated privately and at King's College, London : went out to the N.W.P., India, 1864 : rose to be Magistrate-Collector : retired, 1888 : wrote the Rent Digest (1868) on agricultural tenures and rent law procedure : has also written articles on the Bangash Nawabs of Farrukhabad, 1878 : since 1888, has had in preparation a History of the Moguls in the 18th century (portions published in the J.A.S.B.) : has written on "India in the 18th Century" in the Indian Antiquary, the Asiatic Quarterly Review, and the Indian Magazine : also the chapters on Muhammadan India (1000–1750. a.d.) in the new edition of the Imperial Gazetteer : is engaged, for the Government of India, on a translation, with notes, etc., of the Memoirs of Niccolo Manucci, Venetian (1656 to 1717 A.D.), 4 vols, in the Indian Text series : since 1896, Member of the Council of the Royal Asiatic Society.

IVES, EDWARD ( ? - ? )

Surgeon on Admiral Watson's ship, the Kent, which was sent out to the relief of the British Settlements in India against Dupleix, 1754 : wrote an account of the voyage from England to India, and of the subsequent naval and military operations, 1755–7. In this book, published in 1773, he describes the people of India, their customs, etc., and the vegetation of the country : calls himself "Surgeon of His Majesty's Hospital in the East Indies."

ITISAM-UD-DIN ( ? - ? )

Native of Nadia district, Bengal : son of Shekh Tajuddin : in the service of Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal : on the accession of Mir Kasim attached himself to Major Yorke, whom he accompanied on a campaign against Asad Zaman Khan, Raja of Birbhum : fought for the English against Mir Kasim : employed by the English in negotiations with the Mahratta Government : entered the service of General Carnac, 1765–6 : soon changed to that of Shah Alam : about 1765–7 accompanied Capt. Swinton to Europe as munshi, on a mission to deliver Shah Alam's letter