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 Life of Sir Philip Francis : wrote the second volume, Sir Herbert Edwardes writing the first, of the Life of Sir Henry Lawrence : "Historical Studies" : for the Edinburgh Review for forty years : also in the Quarterly Review and Pall Mall Gazette.

METCALFE, CHARLES THEOPHILUS, BARON (1785–1846)

Governor-General (provisional) : I.C.S. : born Jan. 30, 1785, at Calcutta : son of Major Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe, afterwards Director of the E. I. Co. and Baronet : educated at Bromley and Eton : to Calcutta as a "writer" in the E. I. Co.'s service in Jan. 1801 : the first Student of the College of Fort William : Assistant Resident at Daulat Rao Sindia's Court : in the Governor-General's office, 1803 : Political Officer with Lake, in the Mahratta war, 1804 : at the storming of Deeg, Dec. 24 : Assistant to Resident at Delhi, 1806 : on a special mission to Ranjit Singh at Lahore, 1808, leading up to the treaty of 1809 : Deputy Secretary with Lord Minto, 1809–10 : Resident at Gwalior, 1810 : Resident at Delhi, 1811–19 : Secretary in the Secret and Political Department and Private Secretary to the Governor-General, Marquess of Hastings, Jan. 1819–Sep. 1820 : Resident at Hyderabad, 1820 : had to deal with the case of the banking firm of Palmer & Co. : succeeded to the Baronetecy, 1822 : in 1825, Resident at Delhi and A.G.G., Rajputana : Member of the Supreme Council, Aug. 1827–Nov. 1834 : Governor of Agra, Nov. 1834 : acting Governor-General, March, 1835–March, 1836 : liberated the Press : G.C.B., 1836 : Lieutenant-Governor of the N. W. P., June, 1836, to June, 1838 : disappointed of the Governorship of Madras : resigned : Privy Councillor : appointed Governor of Jamaica, 1839–42 : Governor-General of Canada, 1843–5 : suffered from cancer in the cheek : lost sight of an eye : created a Peer, 1845 : died Sep. 5, 1846 : his bust is at the Metcalfe Hall, Calcutta. His epitaph was written by Macaulay, including the words, "A statesman tried in many high posts and difficult conjunctures and found equal to all. The three greatest dependencies of the British Crown were successively entrusted to his care. In India, his fortitude, his wisdom, his probity and his moderation are held in honourable remembrance by men of many races, languages and religions," etc., etc.

METCALFE, JAMES (1817–1888)

Born 1817 : natural son of Lord Metcalfe (q.v.) educated at Addiscombe : joined the 3rd Bengal N.I., 1836 : inherited £50,000 from his father : A.D.C. to Lord Dalhousie, 1848–53 : as interpreter to C. in C. in India, with Sir Colin Campbell, 1857–60 : C.B. : Brevet Lt-Colonel : retired, 1861 : died March 8, 1888.

METCALFE, SIR THEOPHILUS JOHN, BARONET (1828–1883)

I.C.S. : son of Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe, fourth Baronet, and nephew of Lord Metcalfe : born at Delhi, Nov. 28, 1828 : educated at Addiscombe and Haileybury : joined the E. I. Co.'s service in 1848 : became Baronet, 1853 : Magistrate at Delhi at the outbreak of the mutiny, May, 1857 : gave information to the magazine officers at Delhi : with the Army before Delhi : foremost in the work of retribution : Assistant to the Agent at Delhi : C.B., 1864 : retired, 1866 : died Nov. 10, 1883.

MEURIN, RIGHT REV. LEO, D.D. (1825–1895)

Vicar Apostolic of Bombay (Catholic) : of French extraction : born in Berlin, June 23, 1825 : entered the Society of Jesus (German Province), April 8, 1853 : arrived in India, Oct. 1858 : was Military Chaplain at Poona, parochial priest at Candolim and Bombay Cathedral : Superior of the Diocesan Seminary, 1860 : nominated, 1867, Bishop of Arcalon in partibus, and Vicar Apostolic over the Vicariate of Bombay and Western India : also, in 1867, Superior of the Jesuit Mission : consecrated, Feb. 2, 1868, hence-forward residing at the Fort Chapel, Bombay : attended the Vatican Council at Rome, 1869–70 : acted, 1876–7, as Visitor Apostolic to the community of the Syrian rite on the Malabar coast : recalled to Rome, July, 1886, and made Archbishop of Mauritius : died June 1, 1895; buried in the Cathedral there. In Bombay he showed himself a ruler of vast enterprise in founding schools, colleges and missions, as well as delivering public lectures on religious subjects, chiefly of