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 Watson and Colonel Clive : took to Bengal the news of the French declaration of war, and helped Clive, enabling him to take Chandernagore, March, 1757 : returned to England in 1759, enriched with prize money : joined the Board of Directors of the E. I. Co. : Deputy-Chairman in 1778 and 1781. Chairman in 1779 : Baronet, 1778 : was also M.P. for West Looe, and for 15 years Deputy-Master of the Trinity House : died Dec. 16, 1783 : his widow erected a tower on Shooter's Hill to his memory.

JAMESON, SIR G. J. ( ? –1871)

Of the Bombay Infantry, which he entered, 1820 : Lt-General, 1871 : entered the Bombay Audit Department, and, in 1848, became Deputy Military Auditor-General, and Military Auditor-General at Bombay, 1853 : in 1859, was President of the Military Finance Commission at Calcutta : retired, 1860 : Auditor at the India Office, 1861–71, and Parliamentary Auditor of Indian accounts : K.C.S.I. : died Oct. 24, 1871.

JAMESON, WILLIAM (1815–1882)

Born 1815 : educated at Edinburgh High School and University : went into the Bengal medical service : Curator of the museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal : Superintendent in 1842 of the Saharanpur garden : he vigorously promoted the cultivation of tea in India, obtained plants and distributed them, thus originating the commencement of the present tea-planting industry : retired in 1875 : died March 18, 1882.

JANG BAHADUR, KOONWAR RANAJI, MAHARAJA SIR (1816–1877)

Prime Minister of Nipal : nephew of Mataber Sing, who was a high functionary in Bengal : he acquiesced in the murder of his uncle at the instigation of the Queen-Regent in 1834, and was made by her C. in C. in the Nipalese Army. When the new Prime Minister was murdered by his enemies, Jang Bahadur seized and put the ringleaders to death, and made himself Prime Minister, 1846 : he then turned out the Queen and the imbecile King, raised the heir-apparent to the throne, and thus established himself without a rival. Having waded to power through bloodshed and cruelty, Jang Bahadur developed into an enlightened ruler : it was his pohcy to keep on good terms with the English : he visited England, arriving in May, 1850, was the "lion of the London season" : was knighted and made G.C.B. : he brought a force of Gurkhas to our aid, rendering valuable assistance in Oudh, in the mutiny of 1857 : G.C.S.I., 1873 : died at Purthurghatta on Feb. 25, 1877.

JARDINE, SIR JOHN (1844–)

I.C.S. : born 1844 : son of William Jardine : educated at Christ's College, Cambridge : Chancellor's Gold Medal for English verse : entered the Bombay Civil Service, 1864 : Political Officer in Kattiawar, 1871 : Secretary for the trial of the Gaekwar of Baroda, 1875 : Judicial Commissioner of Burma, 1878 : Chief Secretary to Bombay Government, 1885 : Fellow of Bombay University, 1872, and Vice-Chancellor, 1895 : President of the Asiatic Society, Bombay : Judge of Bombay High Court, 1885 : acted as Chief Justice, 1895 : retired, 1897.

JARRETT, HANSON CHAMBERS TAYLOR (1836–1891)

Lt-Colonel : in the Bengal Staff corps : gained the V.C. in the mutiny, for daring bravery at the village of Baroun Oct. 14, 1858, when with four men he charged, under heavy fire, up a narrow street, to a building occupied by about seventy sepoys : Deputy Conservator of Forests in the Central Provinces : died at Sagar on April 11, 1891.

JARRETT, HENRY SULLIVAN (1839–)

Colonel : born June 17, 1839 : son of Thomas Jarrett : educated at Prior Park, Bath : joined the Indian Army, 1856 : served in the mutiny, 1857–8 ; in the Mahsud-Waziri expedition, 1860; the second Yusufzai expedition, as A.D.C. to Sir Neville Chamberlain : Secretary and Member, Board of Examiners, Fort William, Calcutta, and Assistant Secretary in the Legislative department of the Government of India, 1870–94 : C.I.E., 1895 : author of History of the Caliphs, Institutes of the Emperor Akbar, etc.