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 1901 : commanding first-class District, India : C.B., 1896 : K.C.M.G., 1900.

PRICE, DAVID (1762–1835)

Major : born 1762 : educated at Brecknock, and Jesus College, Cambridge : Sizar : enlisted in the E. I. Co.'s service : went to India, 1781 : served under Sir Hector Munro in Madras and against Tippoo up to 1783 : at the siege of Dharwar, Feb. 1791, lost a leg : Judge Advocate of the Bombay Army, 1795 : served in Poona, Surat, Seringapatam, and Malabar in 1797–8 : studied Persian : collected MSS. at Surat : Persian Translator to General James Stuart (q.v.) in the Mysore war : left India, 1805 : wrote works on Indian, Persian and Arabian History, including A Chronological Retrospect of Muhammadan History, 1811–21 Autobiography of the Emperor lehangir, 1829; Autobiographical Memoirs, published 1839 : gold medallist of the Oriental Translation Committee : M.R.A.S. : M.R.S.L. : died Dec. 16, 1835.

PRICE, SIR JOHN FREDERICK (1839–)

I.C.S. : son of John Price : born Oct. 3, 1839: educated at Melbourne University : went to Madras in the Civil Service, 1862 : retired, 1897: Chief Secretary to Government of Madras, 1888 : Member of Legislative Council, Madras : C.S.I., 1893 : K.C.S.I., 1898 : translated from Tamil The Private Diary of Ananda Ranga Pillai, 1736–1761, the confidential agent of Dupleix.

PRIDEAUX, WILLIAM FRANCIS (1840–)

Born April 30, 1840 : son of F. W. Prideaux, Revenue Secretary, India Office : educated at Aldenham : served in India Office, 1859 : joined the Bombay Army, 1860, and Staff Corps, 1865 : served with Mr. Rassam's Mission to King Theodore of Abyssinia, 1864 : imprisoned at Magdala, July, 1866, to April, 1868 : employed under the Foreign Office in India : Acting Consul-General at Zanzibar, 1873–5 : in the Persian Gulf, 1876–7 : Resident in Jaipur, Oodeypur, and Kashmir : Colonel, 1890 : C.S.I., 1895 : has published The Lay of the Himyariks, many papers on archaeology and numismatics, besides bibliographical works.

PRIMROSE, SIR HENRY WILLIAM (1846–)

Born Aug. 22, 1846 : son of Hon. B. F. Primrose : educated at Glenahnond and Balliol College, Oxford : entered the Treasury, 1869 : Private Secretary to Lord Ripon, Viceroy of India, 1880–4 : C.S.I. : Private Secretary to Mr. Gladstone, 1886 : Chairman, Board of Customs, 1895–9 : Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue, since 1899 : K.C.B., 1899.

PRIMROSE, JAMES MAURICE (1819–1892)

General : educated at Sandhurst : joined the Army, 1837 : with the 43rd regt. in the Kafir war, 1851–3 : in the mutiny, at Kirwi and other engagements, 1857–8 : held a command at Aldershot : in the Afghan war, 1879–80 : commanded the first Division of the Kandahar Field Force, 1879, and the whole force in succession to Sir D. M. Stewart (q.v.) in 1880 : besieged at Kandahar by Ayub Khan after Maiwand, 1880 : died Nov. 25, 1892 : C.S.I.

PRINGLE, A. T. (about 1852–1904)

Assistant Secretary to the Madras Government, and a writer of note, whose labours and research have earned the gratitude of many better known workers : he edited Hand List of Old Madras Records : compiled a Catalogue of Books and Serial Articles relating to Language in the Imperial Library, Calcutta, 1899 : edited the Diary and Consultation Book of the Agent (President) Governor and Council of Fort St. George, 1682, 1894 : died Jan. 1, 1904, at Madras.

PRINGLE, ROBERT KEITH (1802–1897)

I.C.S. : son of Alexander Pringle : educated at the old High School, Edin-burgh, and at Haileybury : joined the Bombay C.S., 1820 : was Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay : Master of the Mint : acting Member of Council : succeeded Sir C. Napier in the Government of Sind, 1847 : retired, 1854 : died Jan. 12, 1897.<section end="Pringle, Robert Keith" />

<section begin="Prinsep, Charles Robert" />PRINSEP, CHARLES ROBERT (1790–1864)

Second son of John Prinsep, brother of Henry Thoby Prinsep (q.v.) and James<section end="Prinsep, Charles Robert" />