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 war, 1879–80 : Assistant to Director-General, Armv Medical Department, War Office, 1888–93 : C.B., 1886 : K.C.B., 1903.

READYMONEY, SIR COWASJI JEHANGIR (1812–1878)

Born May 24, 1812 : son of Jehangir Readymoney, of a Parsi family, who removed from Nowsari to Bombay : educated at an English school in Bombay : entered English offices as a clerk at 15 : broker to two European firms in 1837 : an independent merchant, about 1846 : had almost uninterrupted prosperity for 25 years : J. P., 1846 : Commissioner of Income Tax, 1860 : C.S.I., 1871 : knighted, 1872 : his statue by Woolner was erected by public subscription at the University Hall, Bombay : rheumatic gout for 14 years prevented him from sharing in public affairs : his philanthropic charity gained for him the title of "the Peabody of the East" : contributed largely to the Civil Hospital at Surat, 1863 : to the Ophthalmic Hospital at Byculla, Bombay : the Civil Engineering College, Poona : a Strangers' Home at Bombay : two lakhs of rupees to the Elphinstone College : one lakh for a Hall for the Bombay University : besides handsome donations for numerous minor purposes, including a drinking fountain in Regent's Park, London : founded a Lunatic Asylum at Hyderabad, Sind : his public charities amounted, it was said, to a total of eighteen lakhs, and his private gifts to four lakhs : universally respected : died July, 1878.

REAY, DONALD JAMES MACKAY, ELEVENTH BARON (1839–)

Born 1839 : son of Baron Mackay Oppemert : educated at Leyden University : D.C.L., 1861 : member of the Second Chamber of the States General, Netherlands, 1871–5 : naturalized in England by Act of ParHament, 1877 : made a Peer of the United Kingdom, 1881 : Rector of St. Andrew's, 1884 : Governor of Bombay, 1885–90 : G.C.I.E., 1887 : G.C.S.I., 1890 : LL.D. Edinburgh D.Litt. : D.L. : J. P.: Under Secretary of State for India, 1894–5 : Chairman of the London School Board since 1897 : President of the Royal Asiatic Society.

REED, SIR THOMAS (1796–1883)

Son of Thomas Reed : born 1796 : educated at Sandhurst : joined the 12th Light Dragoons, 1813 : present at Waterloo : Brevet Colonel, 1841 : A.D.C. to Queen Victoria, 1841–54 : C.B. : commanded a Brigade at Firozshahr in the Satlaj campaign, 1845–6 : commanded in Ceylon, 1855 : a Division in Madras, 1856 : and was commanding in the Pan jab when the mutiny of 1857 occurred : made the military disposition of the troops : through ill-health yielded the command at the siege of Delhi to Sir H. Barnard, but on his death, on July 5, assumed it, relinquishing it on July 17, appointing Archdale Wilson as his successor : K.C.B., 1865 : General, 1868 : G.C.B., 1875 : retired, 1877 : died July 24, 1883.

REES, JOHN DAVID (1854–)

I.C.S. : born Dec. 16, 1854 : son of Lodwich William Rees : educated at Cheltenham : entered the Madras Civil Service, 1875 : Private Secretary to three successive Governors—Sir M. E. Grant Duff, Lord Connemara and Lord Wenlock : Government Translator in Tamil, Telugu, Persian and Hindustani : British Resident in Travancore and Cochin : Additional Member of Governor-General's Council, 1895–1900; retired, 1901 : C.I.E. : author of The Muhammdans, etc.

REHATSEK, EDWARD (1819–1891)

Born in Hungary, July 3, 1819 : educated at Buda Pesth : toured in Europe and America : went out to Bombay in 1847 and stayed there : was Professor of Latin and Mathematics at Wilson's College : examined, in Persian and Arabic, for 12 years, for the University, of which he was a Fellow : retired from his Professorship in 1871 : translated the Rauzat-ussafa for the Oriental Translation Fund, and other works : contributed a number of articles to the Calcutta Review and Indian Antiquary, and papers to the Bombay Asiatic Society : distinguished as a linguist, but lived, as a hermit, in extraordinary fashion, in great squalor and uncleanliness, buying the simplest food for himself in the bazar, and keeping aloof from all but native society : accumulated some money : wrote a Historical Sketch of Portuguese India, Life of Jesus according to the 