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 Herbarium, 1887 : Professor of Botany, Calcutta, 1895 : Director of Botanical Survey of India : Superintendent of Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta : author of numerous monographs on botanical and other scientific subjects.

PRATT, HENRY MARSH (1838–)

Born Oct. 24, 1838 : Colonel : son of Rev. William Pratt : educated at Marl-borough : joined the Indian Army, 1856 : served in China campaign, 1860 : Taku Forts and Pekin : Afghan war, 1878–80, in the march from Kabul to Kandahar, and battle of Kandahar : Brevet-Lt-Colonel : commanded column in Black Mountain expedition, 1888 : C.B., 1889 : retired.

'''PRATT, VENBLE. JOHN HENRY''' ( ? –1871)

Educated at Caius College, Cambridge : B.A., 1833 : third Wrangler : in 1838 appointed Chaplain on the E. I. Co.'s establishment : Archdeacon of Calcutta, 1850 : author of Mathematical Principles of Mechanical Philosophy and Scripture and Science not at Variance : died at Ghazipur, Dec. 28, 1871 : described as "a quiet, earnest worker, solitary in his habits, incessant in his labours, a wise counsellor in times of difficulty, a gifted mathematician, and an ardent though undemonstrative controversialist."

PREIJDERGAST, SIR HARRY NORTH DALYRMPLE (1834–)

Bom Oct. 15, 1834 : son of Thomas Prendergast, M.C.S. : educated at Chelten-ham and Addiscombe : entered the Indian Engineers in Madras, 1854 : became General, 1887 : served in the Persian war, 1857 : in the Indian mutiny, 1857–8 : in the Central India Field Force : severely wounded : gained the V.C. on Nov. 21, 1857, at Mandiswar, saving the life of Lt. Dew, 14th Light Dragoons, at the risk of his own, by attempting to cut down a rebel : also for gallantry in actions, when A.D.C. to Sir Hugh Rose, at Ratghar and Betwa : severely wounded : Brevet-Major : in Abyssinian war, 1867–8 : Brevet-Colonel : commanded Sappers in Indian expedition to Malta, 1878 : acted as Military Secretary to Government of Madras : commanded Western District, 1880 : Ceded Districts, 1881 : as Q.M.G., commanded the British Burma Division, 1883 : Hyderabad Subsidiary Force, 1884 : Burma expedition, 1885–6 : Officiating Resident in Travancore and Cochin, 1887 : Officiating Resident in Mysore, 1887 : Governor-General's Agent in Baroda, 1889 : Officiating Governor-General's Agent in Beluchistan, 1889 : Officiating Resident in Mysore, 1891–2 : K.C.B., 1885 : G.C.B., 1902.

PRENDERGAST, SIR JEFFERY (1769–1856)

Son of Thomas Prendergast : born 1769 : given an appointment in S.Domingo at the age of 15, he was captured en route,. taken to France, but escaped to England : became a cadet in the E. I. Co.'s Military Service : went to Madras : served in the Madras Fusiliers in Mysore and at Seringapatam, 1779 : was on the guard placed over Tippoo's body : A.D.C. to General (Lord) Harris at Madras : stationed at Fort St. George, rose to be MilitaryAuditor-General : absent from Europe for 40 years : knighted : died at Brighton, July, 1856.

PRENDERGAST, THOMAS (1806–1886)

I.C.S. : son of Sir Jeffery Prendergast : born 1806 : educated at Haileybury, 1825–6 : entered the E. I. Co.'s Madras Civil Service, 1826 : Magistrate and Collector of Ganjam : retired, 1859 : became blind : published The Mastery System of Languages, or the Art of speaking Foreign Languages idiomatically, and manuals for several languages on his system, which he had applied to the Madras vernaculars : died Nov. 14, 1886.

PRETYMAN, SIR GEORGE TINDAL (1845–)

Born March 1, 1845 : son of Rev. J. R. Pretyman : educated at Wimbledon and Woolwich : joined the R.A., 1865 : served in Canada during Fenian raids, 1866 and 1870: A.D.C. to General Roberts during Afghan war, 1878–80 : in the Kabul-Kandahar march : Brevet-Major and Lt-Colonel : Military Secretary to Sir F. Roberts as C. in C. Madras, 1881–4 : A.A.G. for R.A. in India, 1887–9 : commanded second class District, Bengal, 1889–94 : Maj-General, 1897 : Commandant, Headquarters, S. Africa, 1899–1900 : commanded Kimberley District