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 wounded at Chitral, 1895 : Administrator of Chitral, 1895 : C.S.I., 1892 : K.C.S.I., 1895 : author of The Kafirs of the Hindu Rush, Chitral, etc.

ROBERTSON, THOMAS CAMPBELL (1789–1863)

I.C.S. : born Nov. 9, 1789 : son of Captain George Robertson, R.N : educated at Edinburgh and Glasgow : went out to Bengal in the Civil Service, 1805 : while at Chittagong, from 1823, was in the Burmese war of 1825, and went to Ava as Commissioner, helping to make the treaty : Commissioner at Bareli : A.G.G. on the N.E. frontier and Commissioner of Assam, 1831 : Commissioner of Cuttack, 1834 : Judge of the Sadr Court, 1835 : Member of the Supreme Council, Nov. 1835 to Jan. 1840 : Lieutenant-Governor of the N.W.P., Feb. 1840, to Dec. 1842 : Provisional Governor-General : retired 1843 : died July 6, 1863 : wrote on the first Burmese war and other Indian political subjects.

ROBINSON, SIR GEORGE ABERCROMBY, BARONET ( ? –1832)

Military Auditor-General in Bengal : Director of the E.I. Co., 1808–29 : Chairman, 1826 : M.P. for Honiton : made a Baronet in 1823 : died 1832.

ROBINSON, PHILIP STEWART (1849–)

Born 1849 : son of Rev. Julian Robinson, Editor of the Pioneer : educated at Marlborough : Assistant Editor of the Pioneer: Special Correspondent of theDaily Telegraph in Afghan and Egyptian wars : and afterwards of the Pall Mall Gazette in Cuba : author of In my Indian Garden, 1878; Under the Punkah, 1881 : Tigers at Large, 1885, etc. etc.

ROBINSON, VINCENT JOSEPH (1829–)

Son of Vincent Robinson : merchant : educated at King's College, London : formerly in East India trade : C.I.E. for service in connexion with spread of Indian art to Europe : author of Ancient Furniture and other Works of Art, Eastern Carpets and papers on Eastern Fabrics.

ROBINSON, SIR WILLIAM ROSE (1822–1886)

I.C.S. : born 1822 : son of William Rose Robinson : educated at Bonn and Haileybury, 1840–1 : went out to Madras, 1842 : was Inspr-General of Police, 1865 : C.S.L, 1866 : Member of the Board of Revenue, 1870 : Additional Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council : Member of Council, Madras, 1873–8 : acted as Governor of Madras, April 29, to Nov. 23, 1875 : K.C.S.L, 1876 : died April 27, 1886.

ROBSON, REV. JOHN ( ? - )

One of the founders of the Rajputana Mission, 1860 : retired from India on account of ill-health, 1872 : Senior Member of S. Nicholas U.F.C. Aberdeen, 1876–98 : Moderator of the Synod of the U.P. Church of Scotland, 1899–1900 : author of Hinduism and Christianity, etc. etc.

RODDY, PATRICK (1830–1895)

Entered the Bengal Army in 1848 : served with Havelock and Outram in the mutiny, 1858–9 : in the first relief of Lucknow : at the defence of the Alambagh, capture of Lucknow, and later engagements : obtained his Commission as Ensign, and V.C. for gallantry, 1858 : in Abyssinia, 1867–8 : and in Afghanistan, 1879–80 : retired as Colonel, Feb. 1887 : died Nov. 21, 1895.<section end="Roddy, Patrick" />

<section begin="Rodgers, Charles James" />RODGERS, CHARLES JAMES (1838–1898)

Born 1838 : educated at Shardlow and Milford in Derbyshire, and Borough Road College, London : while master of a National School near Cambridge, attended lectures on Oriental subjects at the University : to India, 1863, for the Christian Vernacular Education Society, to conduct a Training College for Native Teachers at Umritsar : its Principal for 22 years : Urdu and Persian scholar : made a special study of Indian numismatics : appointed Archaeological Surveyor of the Panjab, 1886 : after 5 years his appointment was abolished : was a high authority on numismatics, and Honorary Numismatist to the Government of India : Secretary to the Religious Book Society at Lahore, 1898 : died at Lahore, Nov. 20, 1898 : wrote largely on<section end="Rodgers, Charles James" />