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 and Chilianwala, where he was killed, Jan. 13, 1849.

PENNYCUICK, JOHN (1841–)

Born Jan. 15, 1841 : son of Brig-General Pennycuick, C.B., who was killed at Chilianwala : educated at Cheltenham and Addiscombe : entered the R.E., 1858, and became Colonel, 1887 : served in the Abyssinian campaign, 1867, and for 34 years in the P.W.D., Madras : carried out the Periyar Reservoir project in the Madura hills : Chief Engineer and Secretary to Government, P.W.D., Madras : Fellow of the Madras University : Member of the Legislative Council, Madras : President of Cooper's Hill College : retired, 1899 : Adviser to Queensland Government, 1899.

PERCY, HENRY ALGERNON GEORGE, EARL (1871–)

Born Jan. 21, 1871 : eldest son of seventh Duke of Northumberland : educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford : first class Honours, and English Verse Prize : M.P. for Kensington, 1895–1904 : Under Secretary of State for India, 1902–3 : Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1903 : Lt-Colonel, Northumberland Fusiliers Militia.

PERKINS, SIR ENEAS (1834–1901)

General : born 1834 : son of Charles Perkins : entered the Bengal Engineers, 1851 : in the mutiny was at Badli-ka-sarai and the siege of Delhi : in the Bhutan war, 1864–5, commanding the Engineers: in the Afghan, war, 1879–80 : Chief Engineer to Sir F. Roberts in the Kuram Field Force, 1878–9 : at the Peiwar Kotal : C.B. : commanded the Engineers in the Kabul Field Force, 1879 : at Charasia : at capture of Kabul, and arranged the defence of Sherpur : commanded the Royal Engineers with Sir F. Roberts in his Kabul-Kandahar March, in Aug. 1880 : at the battle of Kandahar : C.B. and A.D.C. to Queen Victoria : Maj-General, 1887 : held high engineering and P.W.D. appointments in the Central Provinces and Panjab : commanded a first-class district, 1890–2 : Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers, 1895 : K.C.B. : died Dec. 22, 1901.

PERRON, (1755–1834)

General : his proper name was Pierre Cuillier : a Frenchman : went out to India as a petty officer, in 1780 : deserted his ship, and entered the service of the Rana of Gohud about 1781 : afterwards of Bhartpur : and in 1790 was taken by De Boigne (q.v.) into Madhoji Sindia's Army : was at the battles of Patau and Merta, the siege of Kanaund, where he lost a hand : won the battle of Kurdla for Daulat Rao Sindia against the Nizam : on De Boigne's retirement, in 1796, Perron succeeded him as General, in command of Sindia's Army : subdued Rajputana : gained a victory at Sounda, 1801 : carried on fighting with George Thomas of Georgeghar and Hansi, who was defeated : said to have instigated Bonaparte's designs on India : offered his resignation to Sindia in 1803, but withdrew it : and was with his forces, under Sindia, diuring the second Mahratta war of 1803, and in possession of Shah Alam, the Mogul Emperor : dismissed all British officers from Sindia's service : after the capture of Alighar by Lake, on Sep. 4, 1803, from Sindia's troops, and defeat at Koil, Perron was superseded by Ambaji Inglia, and deposed from the command by Bourguien, and his life threatened : he fled to Lake : his troops were defeated at Delhi, Agra and Laswari : Perron went to Lucknow, losing most of his immense accumulated fortune : he then went to Calcutta and Chandernagore : reached Europe in 1805, and lived in retirement in France till his death in 1834.

PERRY, SIR THOMAS ERSKINE (1806–1882)

Son of James Perry of the Morning Chronicle : born July 20, 1806 : educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge : B.A., 1829 : was at the University of Munich, 1829–31 : took part in the Reform agitation : became Secretary to the National Political Union of London : called to the bar by the Inner Temple, 1834 : became law reporter : in 1841, on losing his fortune, he applied for and obtained a Judgeship in the Bombay Supreme Court : was knighted 1841 : became Chief Justice in 1847 : President of the Board of Education for 10 years : promoted higher education and educational institutions : retired from India, 1852 : a Professorship of Law was founded at Bombay in his memory. He was M.P, for Devonport, 1854–9, attacked Lord Dalhousie's administration, and spoke