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 KEIGHLEY, CHARLES MARSH (1847–)

Born 1847 : entered the Army, 1867, and became Lt-Colonel, 1897 : served in the Afghan war, 1878–9 : Mahsud- Waziri expedition, 1881 : Hazara expedition, 1888 : D.S.O.. 1889 : N.W. Frontier, 1897–8 : C.B., 1898.

KEITH-FALCONER, HON. ION GRANT NEVILLE (1866–1887)

Born July 5, 1856, third son of the Earl of Kintore : educated at Cheam, Harrow, and Trinity College, Cambridge : studied Hebrew, Syriac and Arabic : gained the Trywhitt University Hebrew Scholarship and a first-class in the Semitic Languages tripos : came under the influence of General C. G. Gordon (q.v.) R.E. in 1880–1 : studied Arabic at Assiout on the Nile, 1881–2 : was University Examiner in 1883–4 : determined to go to Aden as Missionary to the Arabs : went out for 6 months to Aden experimentally, 1885–6 : was formally appointed on May 26, 1886, by the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland to found and carry on a Mission to the Arab Muhammadans : he was appointed Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic at Cambridge in 1886 : went to Aden again, Dec. 1886 : lived in a temporary abode at Sheikh Othman, nine miles inland from Aden, to learn Somali : he soon suffered from fever and yielded to successive attacks, dying on May 11, 1887. The Keith-Falconer Mission has since continued there. He translated the Syriac version of the Fables of Bidpai 1885. He was also a great cyclist : and performed a number of feats, breaking previous records of time and distance : he was President of the London Bicycle Club, 1877–86.

KELLNER, SIR GEORGE WELSH (1825–1886)

Educated at the Parental Academy, now the Doveton College, Calcutta : entered the service of the Indian Government, 1841 : was Inspr-General of Accounts, 1866–70 : Military Accountant-General, 1871–77 : Financial Commissioner and Member of Council, Cyprus, 1878–83 : Assistant Paymaster-General in the Court of Chancery, 1884 : K.C.M.G. 1879 : C.S.I. : died June 10, 1886.

KELLOGG, SAMUEL H. (1839–1899)

Born in Westhampton, N.Y., Sep. 6, 1839 : graduated from Princeton Seminary, 1864 : to India as a Missionary, 1864, sent by the American Presbyterian Board : became Instructor in the Theological Training School at Allahabad, 1872 : a corresponding member of the American Oriental Society : returned home, 1876 : D.D. at Princeton, 1877 : Pastor of a Presbyterian Church at Pittsbmrg, 1877, and at Toronto, 1886–92 : lectured, 1879, on Comparative Rehgion in the Western Theological Seminary : returned to India, 1892, on behalf of the North India and British and Foreign Bible Societies, to join a committee for translating the Old Testament into Hindi : died May 3, 1899 : wrote :—Grammar of the Hindi Language, 1876; The Light of Asia, and The Light of the World, 1885.

KELLY, JAMES GRAVES (1843–)

Born 1843 : entered the Army, 1863, and became Colonel, 1895 : served in Hazara expedition, 1891 : Miranzai expedition, 1891 : Chitral expedition, 1895 : Brevet -Colonel and C.B.

KELLY, SIR RICHARD DENIS (1815–1897)

Entered the Army, 1834 : son of Colonel Kelly : served in the Crimea : taken prisoner when wounded : in the mutiny commanded the 34th regt. in the actions at Cawnpur, capture of Lucknow and relief of Azimghar : commanded a column in Oudh in 1858–9, and a Field Force in 1859, and on the Nipal frontier : C.B., 1858 : K.C.B., 1860 : retired, 1864 : Maj-General, 1868 : General, 1880 : died July 2, 1897.

KEMBALL, SIR ARNOLD BURROWES (1820–)

Born Nov. 18, 1820 : son of T. Kemball Political Officer : educated at Addiscombe joined the Bombay Artillery, 1837 served in the first Afghan war, 1838–9 at Ghazni and Kabul : Assistant Resident at Bushire, 1842 : Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1852 : Consul-General, Bagdad, and Political Agent, Turkish Arabia, 1855–73 : in the Persian war, 1857, at Ahwaz and Muhamra : C.B. : and Brevet-Major : on the Turko-Persian