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 G.C.B., 1845 : Admiral, 1846 : died Oct. 8, 1849.

OZANNE, EDWARD CHARLES (1850–1905)

I.C.S. : son of Rev. T. D. Ozanne : educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, entered the Bombay Civil Service, 1872, and retired in 1897 : gained the diploma of the M.R.A.C. at the Royal Agricultiural College, Cirencester : Director of Agriculture, Bombay, 1883–91 : Survey and Settlement Commissioner, Bombay : C.S.L, 1902, for services as Delegate for India on International Sugar Bounty Conference in Brussels, 1898 : for 8 years Jurat of the Royal Court of Guernsey: President of the States Education and Finance Committees, and States Supervisor : died at Guernsey, Jan. 28, 1905.

PAGET, HON. SIR EDWARD (1775–1849)

Fourth son of the Earl of Uxbridge, and brother of the first Marquis of Anglesey : born Nov. 3, 1775 : entered the 1st Lifeguards in 1792 : served in Flanders, the W. Indies, at Cape St. Vincent, in Egypt, Sicily, the Peninsula : commanded the reserve at Corunna, Jan. 16, 1809 : in the advance to Oporto lost an arm : Lt-General, 1811, second in command to Sir A. Wellesley : made prisoner : G.C.B., 1812 : Governor of Ceylon, 1821–3 : C. in C. in India, Jan. 1823 to Oct. 1825 : the Burmese war of 1824–5 took place during his command : the mutiny of three sepoy regiments at Barrackpur occurred in 1824 : his stern measures for its repression were censured in some quarters and nearly led to his recall : retired in 1825 : General, 1825 : died May 13, 1849.

PAHASU, MUHAMMAD FAIYAZ ALI KHAN, NAWAB OF (1851–)

Born Nov. 4, 1851 : son of Nawab Bahadur, Sir Muhammad Faiz Ali Khan : hereditary head of Lalkhani family of Rajputs : Honorary Magistrate : Member of the Legislative Council of the United Provinces, 1898–1902 : and the Governor General's Legislative Council, 1898–1900 : guest of the nation at H.M the King's Coronation, 1902, as representative of the United Provinces : Foreign Minister of Jaipur State Council, 1901 : C.S.L, 1903 : devoted a large estate to charitable purposes, 1899 : founded an Anglo-vernacular school, 1899 : has made large donations to public and charitable objects.

PAHASU, SIR MUHAMMAD PAIZ ALI KHAN, NAWAB BAHADUR OF (1821–1894)

Born Aug. 26, 1821 : of the great Lalkani family of Muhammadan Rajputs, of the Bargujar clan : son of Murad Ali Khan (died 1858) : educated privately : in his father's lifetime became Pay-master and C. in C. of the Jaipur forces : during the mutiny, both his father and he behaved well : he marched with a force to aid the British at Delhi, but the force proved disloyal : he rescued the Customs officers and their families in Gurgaon. Faiz Ali Khan rendered good service in guarding the ferries over the Ganges and keeping the jail at Bulandshahr : rewarded with a large grant of land on favoturable terms, and title of Khan Bahadur : was given a jagir by Jaipur : Prime Minister of Jaipur, 1863 : received, in 1869, titles, made hereditary in 1881 : C.S.L, 1870 : K.C.S.I., in 1876 : Member of the Baroda Commission, 1874 : Superintendent of the Kotah State : Attache to the Foreign Office, 1877 : Fellow of the Allahabad University : Member of the Provincial Legislative Council, and, 1877, representative of the Muhammadans in the Governor-General's Legislative Council : died Aug. 5, 1894.

PAIKPARA, PRATAP CHANDRA SINGH, RAJA BAHADUR OF ( ? –1868)

The adopted son of Sri Narayan Singh, who was descended from Ganga Gobind Singh, Diwan to the E. I. Co. in the time of Warren Hastings. He was a Vice-President of the British Indian Association : Raja Bahadur, and C.S.L in recognition of his liberality and public spirit. He died in 1868.

PAL, KRISTO DAS (1838–1884)

Educated at the Oriental Seminary and the Metropolitan College, Calcutta : appointed Assistant Secretary to the British Indian Association, Calcutta, in Dec. 1858, and Secretary in 1879 : made editor in Nov. 1861, and subsequently manager of the Hindu Patriot, then the leading native paper : in 1863, appointed a Justice of the Peace for Calcutta, and took a 