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 Peshwa's army: Appa treacherously attacked the British under Mr. Jenkins, Resident of Nagpur, and was defeated at Sitabaldi, Nov., 26-7, 1817: taken prisoner, he escaped from custody and sought refuge, in 1818, at Jodhpur, where he is said to have died in 1840.

APPLEYARD, FREDERICK ERNEST (1829–)

Son of F. N. Appleyard, a Cursitor of the High Court of Chancery: educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey: entered the 80th regt., 1850: served in the second Burmese war: present at Martaban, the storming of Rangoon and taking of Prome: exchanged to the 7th R. Fusiliers: in the Crimea: wounded at Alma, 1854, and the Redan, 1855: present at Inkerman, in the trenches at Sebastopol: commanded a Brigade in the Afghan campaign, 1878–80: Maj-General, and C.B.

ARBUTHNOT, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN (1822–)

I.C.S.: son of the Bishop of Killaloe: born Oct. 11, 1822: educated at Rugby and Haileybury: entered the Madras Civil Service, 1842: Director of Public Instruction, 1855: Chief Secretary to Government, Madras, 1862: Additional Member of the Legislative Council, Madras, 1862: Member of Council, Madras, 1867–72: Acting Governor of Madras, Feb. to May, 1872: K.C.S.I.: 1873: Member of the Supreme Council, 1875–80: C.I.E.: President of the Council, 1878 and 1879: Vice-Chancellor of Madras and Calcutta Universities: Member of the Council of India, 1887–97: author of Selections from Minutes of Maj-General Sir Thomas Munro, Life of Lord Clive, and a number of articles in the Dictionary of National Biography.

ARBUTHNOT, SIR CHARLES GEORGE (1824–1899)

Son of the Bishop of Killaloe, and brother of Sir (q. v.): born May 19, 1824: educated at Rugby and the R.M.A., Woolwich: entered the Royal Artillery 1843: served in the Crimea: became Lt-Colonel 1864: went to India in 1868: C.B., 1871: D.A.G. of Artillery, 1873–7: Inspr-General of Artillery in India, 1877–80: in the second Afghan War was employed as Brig-General, first in the Kandahar Field force and later in the Khyber: K.C.B. in 1881: D.A.G. of Artillery in England, 1880–3: Inspr-General of Artillery, 1883: and President of the Ordnance Committee, 1885: in 1886 was made C. in C. Bombay, and transferred to Madras in the same year: succeeded Lord Roberts in the command in Burma in 1887: retired from Madras in 1891: General, 1890: G.C.B., 1894: died April 14, 1899.

ARBUTHNOT, GEORGE (1772–1843)

Went, with his brother Robert, who was Chief Secretary in Ceylon, to Colombo, in 1800: thence to Madras and joined a Mr. Lautour in business: on the latter's death the firm was reconstituted, under the name of Arbuthnot & Co., which it still bears: retired from India in 1823, and settled in England.

ARBUTHNOT, SIR GEORGE GOUGH (1848–)

Born Aug. 28, 1848: educated at Eton: partner in the firm of Arbuthnot & Co., Madras: Member of the Legislative Council, Madras: Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Madras: Fellow of the Madras University: Chairman of the Famine Relief Fund: Knight Bachelor.

ARBUTHNOT, WILLIAM URQUHART (1807–1874)

I.C.S.: fifth son of Sir William Arbuthnot, Bart: born 1807: educated at the Edinburgh High School and Haileybury: went to Madras, 1826: became Agent to the Governor at Vizagapatam: resigned the service, 1846: joined the firm of Arbuthnot & Co. at Madras: retired to England in 1838: was one of the original members, chosen by the Crown, of the new Council of India, from Sep. 21, 1858, under the Statute of 1858: more than once he declined the appointment of Finance Minister in India: died Dec 11, 1874.

ARCOT, AZIM JAH, PRINCE OF (1800–1874)

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