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 Department, 1892 : retired, 1894 : constructed the Attock bridge over the Indus : constructed the railway through the Bolan Pass to Quetta : constructed Uganda railway : C.I.E., 1883 : C.S.I., 1887 : K.C.M.G., 1902.

O'CALLAGHAN, HON. SIR ROBERT WILLIAM (1777–1840)

Second son of Baron Lismore : born Oct. 1777 : joined the 128th regt., 1794 : served in Sicily, the Peninsula, several battles : K.C.B., 1815 : Lt-General, 1830 : C. in C, Madras, from May 11, 1831, to Oct. II, 1836 : acted as C. in C. in India between Lord W. Bentinck's departure in March, 1835, to Sir H. Fane's assumption of office, Sep. 1835 : G.C.B., 1838 : died June 9, 1840.

OCHTERLONY, SIR DAVID, BARONET (1758–1825)

Born Feb. 12, 1758 : son of David Ochterlony : joined the E. I. Co.'s Bengal Army, 1777 : served in Col. T. D. Pearse's force under Coote, 1781–3 : taken prisoner at the siege of Cuddalore, 1783, and released, 1784: commanded a regt. under Lake in 1803 in the Doab : D.A.G. at Koel, Alighar, Delhi : appointed Resident at Delhi, 1803 : defended it against Holkar, 1804 : commanded at Allahabad, 1806 : and on the Satlaj against Ranjit Singh, 1808; Maj-General, 1814 : commanded one of the four columns in the Nipal war, 1814–5 : the only one successful : took Fort Nalagur, 1814 : defeated Amar Singh, took Malown, 1815 : K.C.B. and Baronet : defeated the Gurkhas within 20 miles of Katmandu, and obtained the signature of a treaty, 1816 : G.C.B. : in the Pindari-Mahratta war of 1817–8 : commanded a column and made a treaty and settlement with Amir Khan, 1818 : appointed Resident in Rajputana, 1818 : Resident at Delhi : Resident in Malwa and Rajputana, 1822 : when Durjan Lai revolted in 1825 against Balwant Singh, the Raja of Bhartpur, aged 6, Ochterlony supported the Raja by proclamation and force : on Amherst's disapproving his action and deciding to investigate the question, Ochterlony resigned and died, heartbroken at his treatment, July 15, 1825. The Ochterlony column at Calcutta perpetuates his name and memory. O'CONNOR, LUKE (1832–)

Enlisted in Royal Welsh Fusliiers, 1849, and became Maj-General, 1887 : served in the Crimea : gained the V.C. and a Commission : Indian mutiny, 1857–8 : at the relief of Lucknow : in Ashanti expedition, 1873, Brevet-Lt-Colonel : retired.

O'CONNOR, PATRICK FENELON (1850–)

Son of Patrick O'Connor : educated at Belvedere and Carlow Colleges, and at the Catholic University, Ireland : joined the Indian Medical Service, 1875, and became Surgeon-Major, 1895 : served in Afghan war, 1878–80 : Egypt, 1882 : Burma, 1886–7 : Chitral, 1895 : Tirah expedition, 1897–8 : China, 1900–2 : C.B., 1902.

ODLING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1847–)

Son of William Odling : born 1847 : educated at Queen's College, Galway, and Queen's University, Ireland : entered the Indian P.W.D., 1865 : Chief Engineer and Secretary for Irrigation to Bengal Government, 1892, and to N.W.P. Government, 1895, and Member of Legislative Council, N.W.P. : Secretary to Government of India in the P.W.D., 1901 : Fellow of Calcutta University : retired, 1902 : C.S.L, 1898.

O'HALLORAN, SIR JOSEPH (1763–1843)

Son of Sylvester O'Halloran : born Aug. 13, 1763 : joined the Bengal Army, 1782 : Adjutant, and in the P.W.D. at Midnapur, 1796–1802 : served in 1803–4 in Bundelkund against the Bundelas, at the attacks on RogouH and Adjighar, 1809 : in the Nipal war, 1815–6, and in Cuttack : C.B. : commanded a regt. in the Straits Settlements, 1818 : Brigadier at Sagar, 1828 : retired, 1833, never having taken any leave to Europe : knighted, 1835 : K.C.B., 1837 : G.C.B., 1841 : Maj-General, 1837 : died Nov. 3, 1843.

O'KINEALY, JAMES (1837–1903)

I.C.S. : educated at Queen's College, Galway : went out to India in 1861 : served in the judicial branch of the Civil Service in Lower Bengal : Legal <section end="O'Kinealy, James" />