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Rh became a County Court Judge, and Downing Professor of Laws at Cambridge : wrote on a number of legal and literary subjects : died April 18, 1860.  AMPTHILL, OLIVER ARTHUR VILLIERS RUSSELL, BARON (1869–)

Born Feb. 19, 1869 : son of the first Baron (better known as Lord Odo Russell) educated at Eton, and New College, Oxford : rowed in the Oxford University Eight, 1889–91 : President of the O.U.B.C. 1891 : President of the Oxford Union Society, 1891 : won the Pair Oars at Henley Regatta with Guy Nickalls, 1890–91 : Private Secretary to Rt. Hon. J. Chamberlain : Governor of Madras, from Dec, 1900 : Viceroy and Governor-General from April 30 to Dec, 1904.  AMYATT ( ? –1763)

A Bengal Civilian : chief of the English factory at Patna in 1759 : a member of the Calcutta Council when (q.v.) was Governor in Bengal. Amyatt had been superseded by dive's appointment of Vansittart, and therefore constantly opposed all his measures : sent on a mission to Mir Kasim, Nawab of Bengal : it was unsuccessful, and war was imminent, but Amyatt was given leave to return to Calcutta : meanwhile, however, the disaster took place at Patna : Amyatt was attacked and murdered by Mir Kasim's troops before he had reached his destination, 1763.  ANDERSON, DAVID ( ? - ? )

Employed by Warren Hastings on important negotiations; sent on an embassy to Madhava Rao Sindia, at the close of the first Mahratta war, to conclude peace, 1782 : accompanied by his brother, Lieut. James Anderson, as his assistant : he remained with Sindia as Political Resident until Warren Hastings left India, 1785, when James succeeded as Resident. The conciliatory attitude of the Mahratta Government at a critical period was due to the exertions of the brothers Anderson. David was examined as a witness at Hastings' trial, 1790, being then President of the Committee of Revenue.  ANDERSON, SIR GEORGE WILLIAM (1791–1857)

I.C.S. : entered the Bombay Civil Service in 1806 : drew up the "Bombay Code of 1827" : was a Judge of the Sadr Court, and, in 1835, was appointed to the Indian Law Commission : in 1838 he became Member of Council, Bombay : from April, 1841, to June, 1842, acted as Governor of Bombay, between Sir J. Rivett-Carnac and Sir G. Arthur : retired in 1844 : in 1849 was knighted and appointed Governor of the Mauritius, but after 16 months was transferred to Ceylon as Governor, and made K.C.B. : resigned in 1855 : died March 12, 1857.  ANDERSON, SIR HENRY LACON (1807–1879)

I.C.S. : eldest son of Sir, K.C.B. (q.v.) : educated at Haileybury : went to Bombay in the Civil Service, 1820 : Secretary to Government, Bombay, in the Secret, Political and Judical Departments, 1855 : Chief Secretary, 1861 : member of the Legislative Council, Bombay : resigned, 1865 : Secretary in the Judicial Department at the India Office, 1866 : K.C.S.I., 1867 : died April 7, 1879.  ANDERSON, JAMES ( ? –1809)

In the medical service of the E. I. Co. : served in Madras : appointed Assistant Sturgeon, 1765 : Surgeon, 1786; Member of the Madras Medical Board, 1800 : a distinguished botanist : worked at developing the cochineal dye, and introducing the cultivation of silk : wrote for some years on sugarcane, the coffee-plant, cotton, and the apple : died Aug. 5, 1809.  ANDERSON, JOHN (1795–1845)

Of the E.I.Co.'s service : went out to, Pulo Penang, or Prince of Wales' Island, in 1813, as a writer : after the usual succession of minor appointments he became, in 1827, senior merchant, Secretary to Government, and Malay translator : was employed in negotiations with the neighbouring potentates of Sumatra, etc. : died Dec. 2, 1845 : wrote several works about the Malayan Peninsula, the British settlements, and the adjacent countries and their commerce.<section end="Anderson, John (1)" />