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  Catholic hierarchy in India, Dec. 21, 1886: arrived in India, Feb. 14, and consecrated at Allahabad, Feb. 27, 1887: being sent to a tropical climate at so advanced an age (61), he soon succumbed to the climate and died, Sep. 28, 1889: buried in the cemetery at Sewree: his remains were translated to the Bombay Cathedral: a collection of his private letters written from India was published in England.

PORTER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1824–1890)

Son of Rev. James Porter, of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland: educated at Glasgow and Cambridge Universities: third Wrangler: Fellow and Tutor of Peterhouse, Cambridge: Barrister-at-law: Principal of Kombakonam College, Madras, 1863–78: Tutor and Secretary to the Maharaja of Mysore, 1878–85: died 1890.

POTTINGER, SIR HENRY (1789–1856)

Lt-General and Political: born Oct. 3, 1789: son of Eldred Curwen Pottinger: educated at Belfast: went to sea and to India to join the marine service, but entered the Army in Bombay in 1806: was sent on a Mission to Sind in 1808, and in 1810 went in disguise through Sind to Kelat, Nushki, Shiraz, Ispahan, returning via Bagdad and Bussora to Bombay: served at Poona and Cutch: Lt-Colonel, 1829: again sent on a Mission to Sind, 1831, and Political Agent there, 1836–40: made Baronet on April 27, 1840, for services in the first Afghan war: became Maj-General. In 1841 he was sent to China as Envoy, and made the Nanking treaty of peace, 1842: was made G.C.B.: Governor of Hongkong, 1843–4: Privy Councillor, 1844: Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, 1846–7, and Governor of Madras, 1848–54: died March 18, 1856: wrote Travels in Beluchistan and Sind.

POTTINGER, ELDRED (1811–1843)

Major: born Aug. 12, 1811: son of Thomas Pottinger: educated at Addiscombe: went to Bombay in the Artillery, 1827: became Assistant to his uncle. Sir H. Pottinger (q.v.), then Resident in Sind: sent in 1837 to explore and obtain information in Central Asia: he arrived at Kabul disguised as a horse-dealer, later assumed a religious garb: reached Herat in 1837. The Shah of Persia unsuccessfully besieged Herat, from Nov. 23, 1837 to Sep. 9, 1838: during this time Pottinger openly assisted the Afghans. His skill, vigour, and personal courage in its defence saved the city. He was afterwards appointed Political Agent at Herat: made C.B. He was in the Kohistan above Kabul in 1841 when the Afghans rose: he escaped to Charikar and Kabul. When the capitulation to the Afghans was made, against his advice, he was one of the three hostages left with Akbar Khan, and was in captivity for 9 months, until the relief by General Pollock in Sep. 1842. He was brought before a Court of Inquiry in 1842–3, for drawing Bills for 19 lakhs in favour of the Afghans, and for signing a treaty, but was completely exonerated. On a visit to his uncle in China, he died from fever at Hongkong, Nov. 15, 1843: C.B.

POWELL, EYRE BURTON (1819–1904)

Born 1819: son of E. B. Powell: educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge: Senior Wrangler: went to Madras, 1848, to take charge of the new High School: was made Principal of the Presidency College: Director of Public Instruction, Madras, 1862–75: retired: C.S.I., 1866: died Nov. 10, 1904: his statue erected at the Presidency College.

POWIS, EDWARD, SECOND LORD CLIVE, and FIRST EARL OF (1754–1839)

Governor: born March 7. 1754: son of the first Lord Clive: succeeded his father, 1774: M.P. for Ludlow: English Peer, 1794: Governor of Madras, as Lord Clive, Sep. 1799 to Aug. 1803: thanked by Parliament, 1804, for his services in the Mahratta war: P.C. and created Earl of Powis and Viscount CUve, 1804: nominated Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, but did not take up the appointment: remarkable for his physical vigour: died May 16, 1839.

PRAIN, DAVID (1857–)

Educated at Fettercairn, Aberdeen, and Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh: entered the Indian Medical Service, 1884: Curator of Calcutta