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 MORTON, SIR GERALD DE COURCY (1845–)

Born Feb. 7, 1845 : Maj-General : son of T. C. Morton : educated at Eton and Sandhurst : entered the Army, 1863 : A.D.C. and Private Secretary to Lieutenant-Governor of the Panjab, 1871–77 : in the Afghan war, 1878–80, as Brigade Major in the Kabul Field Force, and in the Kabul-Kandahar march and battle of Kandahar : A.A.G., Oudh and India, 1883–9 : commanded 1st Batt. Munster Fusiliers, 1889–91 : Brig-General in Bundelkund, 1891–5 : Adjutant-General, India, 1895–8 : commanded Lahore District, 1898–02 : commanding Dublin District since 1902 : C.B., 1893 : K.C.I. E., 1899 : C.V.O., 1903.

MOUAT, FREDERIC JOHN (1816–1897)

Son of Surgeon James Mouat : born 1816 : educated at University College, London, Paris, and Edinburgh University : M.D., 1839 : LL.D., 1886 : F.R.C.S., 1844 : served in India as Local Government Inspector and Deputy Inspr-General, Bengal Army : Inspr-General of Prisons in Bengal for many years : Professor of Chemistry and Materia Medica : Chemical Examiner to Government : Professor of Medicine and Medical Jurisprudence : first Physician of the Medical College, Calcutta : Secretary of the Council of Education, Bengal : Fellow, Calcutta University : J.P. : President Royal Statistical Society, 1890–2 : F.R.G.S. : Fellow of the Society of Arts : wrote a number of medical works with Hindustani versions of some : papers in scientific Journals, on prisons and questions connected therewith, hospitals, medical statistics, the Origin and Progress of Universities in India, 1888 : died Jan. 12, 1897.

MOUNTAIN, ARMINE SIMCOE HENRY (1797–1854)

Born Feb. 4, 1797 : son of the Right Rev. Jacob Mountain, Bishop of Quebec : joined the 96th regt. in 1815 : served in Nova Scotia : went to India in 1829 in the 26th Cameronians : to Madras : Military Secretary to Sir Colin Halkett, C. in C. at Bombay, 1832–4 : A.D.C. to Lord W. Bentinck, when Governor-General : D.A.G. to the Indian forces in the China war, 1840–2 : in all the chief engagements : wounded at Chefoo : C.B. : A.D.C. to Queen Victoria : Military Secretary to Lord Dalhousie, when Governor-General, Jan. to Oct. 1848 : Brig-General in the Panjab campaign : commanded a Brigade at Chilianwala and Gujarat, and the Bengal Division in the pursuit of the Sikhs : Adjutant-General, 1849, under Sir C. Napier and Sir W. Gomm : died at Fatehghar, Feb. 8, 1854 : there is a tablet to his memory in the church at Simla.

MOZUMDAR, PRATAP CHANDRA (1840–1905)

Born Oct. 1840 : educated at the Hare School and the Hughli and Hindu and Presidency Colleges : became a Brahmo by signing the covenant in 1859 : served for a time in a bank : became Assistant Secretary of the Brahmo Samaj, and editor of the Tatwa Bodhini Patrika, the Brahmo paper : some time in 1869 edited the Indian Mirror; made missionary journeys throughout India, from 1870 : in 1874 went to England : in 1883 revisited it and extended his journey to America : in 1899 was present as a representative of the Indian Brahmo Samaj at the Parliament of Religions, held at Chicago : wrote The Faith and Progress of the Brahmo Samaj, Life and Teachings of Keshah Chandra Sen, The Oriental Christ, The Spirit of God and Heart-beats : was, after Keshab Chandra's-death, the principal leader and exponent of the Brahmo Samaj until his death,. May 27, 1905.

MUDALIAR, PANDI RUNGANADA (1847–1893)

Son of Subbaraya Mudaliar, who held the appointments of Manager of the- Irrigation Department and Head Accountant of the Madras Railway, and was a fair English scholar : was educated at home until 1860, when he went to Pachai-yappa's school. In 1862 he joined the Presidency College. In mathematics, in English, in philosophy and in Tamil he surpassed all the other pupils. After passing his B.A. degree he was appointed Assistant Master in the Presidency College, and remained a Teacher or Professor till the end of his life. In 1872 he was appointed Fellow of the University. As Tamil Translator to Government, as Sheriff of Madras, and as a member of the Madras.