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 Bushire on Nov. 10, 1856, and in 4 hours took it : K.C.B. in 1858 : Admiral in 1864 : died in Feb. 1870.

LEES, WILLIAM NASSAU (1825–1889)

Son of Sir Harcourt Lees, Bart. : born Feb. 26, 1825 : educated at Nut Grove and Trinity College, Dublin : joined the 42nd Bengal N.I. in 1846 : Maj-General, 1885 : was for some years Principal and Professor of the Calcutta Madrasa, Secretary to the Board of Examiners at Fort William, and Translator to the Government of India : was an eminent Oriental scholar : edited a number of works in Arabic and Persian and Hindustani, and wrote many papers for the Journals of the Royal Asiatic Society and the Asiatic Society of Bengal : wrote also for the Daily Press in India, and was part proprietor of the Times of India : LL.D. of Dublin, 1857 : and Doctor of Philosophy of Berlin : died March 9, 1889.

LEE-WARNER, SIR WILLIAM (1846–)

I.C.S. : born April 18, 1846 : son of Canon James Lee-Warner : educated at Rugby and St. John's College, Cambridge : Scholar : joined the Indian Civil Service, in Bombay, 1869 : was Secretary to the Government of Bombay in the Political-Judicial Departments : Additional Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council : Chief Commissioner of Coorg, and Resident of Mysore, Feb.-Sep. 1895 : retired, 1895 : Secretary in the Political Department, at the India Office, 1895–1902 : Member of the Council of India, since 1902 : author of The Protected Princes of India, The Citizen of India, The Marquis of Dalhousie, 1904 : C.S.I., 1892: K.C.S.I., 1898.

LEIGHTON, SIR DAVID (1774–1860)

Son of Thomas Leighton : born 1774 : was a banker's clerk in Montrose : obtained a military cadetship in the E.I. Co.'s service, 1795 : went to Bombay : Ensign and Lieutenant in Jan. 1797 : with the 5th N.I. in the Mysore campaign, 1799 : at the siege of Seringapatam and the capture of Jalalabad : under Colonel A. Wellesley in the operations against Dhoondia Waugh, and the capture of several hill forts : served with the 4th N.I. in suppressing the Malabar rebellion : Lt-Colonel in 9th N.I. in Dec. 1808 : Brigadier in the Dekkan Field Force, 1815 : Adjutant-General of Bombay Army, 1817, and member of the Military Board for 9 years : second in command of the expedition to Arabia, 1820, at the defeat of the Joasmi Arabs and capture, 1821, of Beni-Boo-Ali : Colonel, 7th N.I. from 1824 until his death : in 1826 commanded the Surat Division and the Presidency Division for 3 years : President of the Military Board for 4 years : retured, 1831 : Maj-General, 1837 and K.C.B. : Lt-General, 1848 : General, 1854 : died June I, 1860, at his small estate near Cheltenham.

LEITH, JAMES (1826–1869)

Son of General Sir Alexander Leith, K.C.B. : with the 14th Hussars in the Persian war, 1857 : in the mutiny at Aurangabad : with the Malwa Field Force at Dhar, and with the Central India Field Force up to Kalpi : gained the V.C. at Betwa, April 1, 1858, charged alone and rescued an officer of his regt. when surrounded by a large number of rebel infantry : Major, 1858 : was a member of the Honble. Corps of Gentlemen-at Arms, 1863 : died May 12, 1869.

LEITH, JOHN FARLEY (1809–1887)

Called to the bar : Q.C. : practised as a barrister at Calcutta, 1832–46 : Professor of Law at Haileybury, 1853–7 : M.P. for Aberdeen, 1872–80 : died 1887.

LEITNER, GOTTLIEB WILHELM (1840–1899)

Born in Budapest, 1840 : son of a physician : to Turkey, 1847 : educated at Malta Protestant College : at 15 was appointed Chief Interpreter to H.M.'s Commissariat in the Crimean war, with rank of Colonel : attended the Muhammadan Theological School at Constantinople : entered at King's College, London, 1858 : appointed there, 1861, Professor of Arabic and Muhammadan Law : M.R.A.S., 1861 : M.A. and Ph.D., Freiburg, 1862 : Principal of the Government College, Lahore, 1864 : founded the Anjuman-i-Panjab : worked for the foundation of the Pan jab University : organized many schools, free libraries, literary Societies and Journals in India : Registrar of the Lahore University College : explored among, studied, and wrote on, the wild tribes of the N.W. frontier, Dards,