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 in the mutiny, 1858–9 : in the Bhutan campaign, 1864–6 : in charge of elephant Kheddas in Orissa, 1868–74 : Political Agent at Keonjhur during the rebellion, and in charge of the State for 3 years : Political Agent at Manipur, 1877 : at the head of the Manipur Army relieved Kohima, 1878, where 545 British subjects were besieged by 6,000 Nagas : at assault and capture of Khonoma : Commissioner in 1881 for settling disputes on Burmese frontier : made a great march in 1886 from Manipur and saved lives of Europeans employed in Upper Burma : K.C.S.I., in 1887 : wrote at length to the newspapers in 1891, after the outbreak and troubles at Manipur : died from a fall from his horse on June 13, 1895, after his retirement : was a claimant to the dormant Marquessate of Annandale.

JOHNSTONE, JAMES HENRY (1787–1851)

Entered the Navy in 1803 : was at Trafalgar and variously employed : on half-pay in 1815 : went to Calcutta in 1817 : obtained a ship and made voyages to England : was nominated to certain appointments which he never took up : his proposals, in 1823, for establishing steam communication with India via the Mediterranean and Red Sea, not accepted : took the Enterprise, a private steam-vessel, from England round the Cape to India, 1825 : his scheme for establishing steam navigation on the Ganges, in iron vessels, accepted : controller of the Co.'s steamers, 1833–50 : died on his voyage home to retire. May 5, 1851.

JOHNSTONE, JAMES WILLIAM DOUGLAS (1855–)

Born Aug. 30, 1855 : son of Maj-General Henry Campbell Johnstone : educated at Edinburgh Academy and University : appointed to Panjab Education Department, 1877 : transferred to Foreign Department, Government of India, on appointment as Headmaster, Mayo College, Ajmir : Principal of the Daly College, Indore, 1885 : Tutor of Maharaja Sindia, 1890 : Inspr-General of Education in Gwalior State, 1894 : Fellow of Allahabad University.

JOLLY, JULIUS E. (1849–)

Born Dec. 28, 1849, at Heidelberg : son of Philipp von Jolly, Professor of physics at the University of Munich : studied at Munich, Berlin and Leipzig : his principal subjects were Comparative Philology, Oriental Languages and Jurisprudence : Ph.D. : became Privat-docent at the University of Wurzburg, Bavaria, 1872; Professor Extraordinary, 1877; Professor Ordinary (Sanskrit and Comparative Philology), 1886 : has visited England frequently, to study Sanskrit MSS. in London : to India, 1882–3 : was Tagore Law Professor at the University, Calcutta : had made the ancient legal literature of India his special study, and is recognized as the leading authority on native Indian law : his chief works as a Sanskritist are : The Institutes of Narada (translated from the Sanskrit), 1876; The Institutes of Vishnu (in the "Sacred Books of the East"), 1880; Vishnusmriti, 1881; History of the Hindu Law, 1885 (Tagore Law Lectures); Naradasmriti, 1885–6; Manutikasaingraha, 1885–90; Manava Dharma-Sastra, 1887; Minor Law-Books, 1889; Recht und Sitte (in BUhler's Encyclopaedia of Indo-Aryan Research), 1896; Medicin (ibid), 1901 : has written numerous articles on Indian Philology in English and German periodicals, besides other philological works : assisted Sir R. West in the preparation of a new edition of West and Buhler's Digest of the Hindu Law, still to be published : belongs to several learned Societies : is Corresponding Member of the R. Bavarian Academy of Science, 1886, and of the R. Society of Science at Gottingen, 1904 : Honorary Member of the R. Asiatic Society, 1904, etc.

JONES, HENRY RICHMOND (1808–1880)

General : son of the Rev. Inigo Jones : born 1808 : entered the Army in 1825 : commanded the 6th Dragoon Guards in the Crimea : in the mutiny commanded a column in action, and a Brigade of cavalry at Bareli : C.B. : also under Sir Colin Campbell at Dunderkera, and in the Trans-Gogra campaign, including several actions and the pursuit of the rebels to the Rapti : became a General in 1877 : died Oct. 7, 1880.

JONES, JOHN ( ? - ? )

Captain : when the Bhutanese in 1772 invaded and took possession of a large