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 branches, and collect materials for the museum : went to London, 1828 : reached Pondicherry in April, 1829 : then to Calcutta : through Upper India to Simla in 1830 : Ladak : the frontiers of Ladak and Chinese Tartary : Kashmir : down to Poona : saw Ranjit Singh, Shah Shuja, the Begam Samru, travelling for 3½ years ; encountered difficulties and privations in his arduous labours, the fruits of which have greatly enriched the science of Natural History : fell ill at Tanna, in Salsette : died at Bombay, Dec. 7, 1832, after a month's agony. His collections were transmitted to Paris, described by Decaisne, and the result published in 6 quarto volumes. His letters, written in India to his family, give a most vivid account of the botany of the N.W. Himalayas and particularly of the social condition of India in those days. His remains were exhumed from the Sonapur cemetery at Bombay on Feb. 26, 1881, and taken to France in the Laclocheterie man-of-war : a wreath on his coffin bore the legend "Voici le fleur que Victor Jacquemont a introduisit dans Bombay de la Cachemire, et qui porte son nom Jacquemontia."

JAIPUR, MAHARAJA SAWAI SIR MADHO SINGH BAHADUR, OF(1861– )

Born 1861 : head of the Kuchhwaha clan of Rajputs : succeeded to the Raj, 1880 : organized a Transport Corps, 1890 : a wise and capable administrator of his State and takes an interest in affairs of the British Empire : a liberal contributor to the Famine Fund for India, Transvaal War Fund, King Edward Hospital Fund : guest of the nation at the Coronation of H.M. King Edward VII, 1902 : G.C.S.I. : G.C.I.E. : G.C.V.O.

JAIPUR, MAHARAJA DHIRAJ SAWAI SIR RAM SING, OF (1833–1880)

A Rajput of the solar line, claiming descent from Rama : son of the Maharaja Jai Sing, on whose death he succeeded, in 1835 : during his minority a Council of Regency of five nobles, under the superintendence of the Political Agent, administered the State : Ram Sing did good service during the mutiny, placing his whole force at the disposal of the British Government : received a grant of the pargana of Kot-Kassim : also showed liberality in the Rajputana famine of 1868 : G.C.S.I., 1866 : Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council, 1869–75 : Member of the mixed Commission which tried Malhar Rao, the Gaekwar of Baroda, in 1875 : made enlightened efforts to promote the welfare of his subjects, supporting schools and medical charities : died Sep. 18, 1880.

JAMES, SIR HENRY EVAN MURCHISON (1846–)

I.C.S. : born 1846 : son of William Edward James : educated at Durham school : entered the Bombay Civil Service, 1865 : retired in 1900 : Postmaster-General, Bombay, 1875, and Bengal, 1880 : Director-General of the Post Office of India, 1886 : Commissioner in Sind, 1891–1900 : C.S.I., 1898 : K.C.I.E., 1901 : author of The Long White Mountain; or Travels in Manchuria, 1889.

JAMES, RIGHT REV. JOHN THOMAS (1786–1828)

Bishop of Calcutta : son of Dr. Thomas James, Headmaster of Rugby : born Jan. 23, 1786 : educated at Rugby, Charter-house, Christ Church, Oxford : Student and Tutor : made a long tour through Europe : studied painting in Italy : ordained, and, Vicar in Bedfordshire, 1816 : was made Bishop of Calcutta in 1827 : D.D. : reached Calcutta in Jan. 1828: was taken ill in June, and died, Aug. 22, 1828, on a voyage to China for his health.

JAMES, LIONEL (1871–)

Born 1871 : son of Lt-Colonel L.H.S. James, R.A : educated at Cranleigh : Renter's Special Correspondent, in the Chitral campaign, 1894–5 ; Mohmand, Malakand and Tirah campaigns, 1897–8; Soudan, 1898 : Times Special Correspondent in S. Africa, 1899–1901 : author of With the Chitral Relief Force, 1895; Indian Frontier War, 1897–8.

JAMES, SIR WILLIAM, BARONET (1721–1783)

Born of poor parents in 1721, and went early to sea : to the E. Indies, 1747 : entered the naval service of the E. I. Co., and distinguished himself against the pirate Angria : made Commander of the Co.'s marine force, 1751 : captured Savandrug, the pirates' stronghold, 1753 : and Gheria, on Feb. 13, 1756, with Admiral