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 the Bastille, kept under trial for 2½ years, accused of having betrayed the interests of the King; condemned on May 9, 1766, and executed the same day. In 1783 the sentence was annulled, and Lally's estates were restored to his son.

LAMB, CHARLES (1775–1834)

Born Feb. 10, 1775 : son of John Lamb : educated at Christ's Hospital : became a clerk in the accountant's office in the India House, 1792, and retired in 1825 on a pension of three-fourths of his salary : died Dec. 27, 1834 : he corresponded with Thomas Manning (q.v.) : apart from this his connexion with India appears to have been limited to his official duties : his literary work requires no mention here.

LAMBERT, SIR JOHN (1838–)

Entered the Bengal Police Department, 1863 : Deputy Commissioner of Police, Calcutta, 1874–89 : officiating Superintendent for the suppression of Thagi and Dakaiti, 1882–4 : Chief Commissioner of Police in Calcutta, 1889–97 : Member of the Bengal Legislative Council, 1892 : K.C.I.E., 1893.

LAMBTON, WILLIAM (1756–1823)

Born 1756 : educated at Northallerton Grammar School and Newcastle-on-Tyne : entered the Army in 1781 : went with the 33rd regt. under Arthur Wellesley to the Cape in 1796, to Bengal and Madras in 1798 : was Brig-Major to Baird at the siege of Seringapatam (May, 1799), engaged in Mysore : was appointed Superintendent of the survey connecting the Malabar and Coromandel coasts, proposed by him : Superintendent of the Great Trigonometrical Survey : the survey necessitated the measurement of base lines, scientific observations and other operations connected with geodesy, which occupied him apparently the rest of his life : F.R.S., and Fellow of the Asiatic Society : Lt-Colonel : died at Hinganghat, Jan. 26 1823.

LAMINGTON, CHARLES WALLACE ALEXANDER NAPIER COCHRANE BAILLIE, SECOND BARON (1860–)

Born July 29, 1860 : son of first Baron : educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford : M.P.for N. St. Pancras, 1886–90 : Governor of Queensland, 1895–1901 : Governor of Bombay since 1903 : G.C.M.G, 1900 : G.C.I.E., 1903.

LANE, CHARLES EDWARD WILLIAM (1786–1872)

Son of John Lane: born Oct. 23, 1786 : joined a Bengal N.I. regt. in 1807 : became General in 1870 : was in the first Burmese war, 1825 : commissariat officer at Dinapur, in 1832 : commanded a regt. in Afghanistan under Nott in 1842 : when in temporary command of Kandahar, he repulsed an attack of Afghans : C.B., 1842 : died Feb. 18, 1872.

LANG, JOHN (1817–1864)

Went to India as a barrister : established and edited the Mofussilite on the ruins of the Meerut Observer in 1845–6 at Meerut : wrote with great ability and vigour : several novels by him first appeared in the Mofussilite : for a short time in Calcutta, he issued the Optimist : he died at Mussoorie, Aug. 20, 1864.

LANGLES, LOUIS MATHIEU (1764–1824)

Born near Montdidier, 1764 : son of a military officer : educated at Paris : studied Oriental languages, Persian, Arabic and Chinese : translated the Institutes of Tamerlane from Persian into French : and Contes, Fables et Sentences from Arabian and Persian authors, 1877 : first made known, to France and the Continent, the existence of the Asiatic Society of Bengal : wrote a Mahratta History : addressed the National Assembly, 179O, on "The importance of Oriental languages for the extension of commerce and the progress of the arts and sciences" : published Fables et Contes Indiens, with an essay on the Hindus : and part of the Hitopadesa : was keeper of the Oriental MSS. of the Royal Library: suggested the formation of a special school for Oriental living languages, which he was charged to organize, and became its Principal and Persian Professor : on the formation of the French Institute was chosen a member of the literary committee: contributed articles on Oriental subjects, and wrote the Ancient and Modern Monuments of Hindostan, 1824 : at a meeting of the Institute read a memoir demonstratmg "the possibility of opening a passage to<section end="Langles, Louis Mathieu" />