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 to India in 1798, as Maj-General, led the storming party at the siege of Seringapatam on May 4, 1799, after which he considered himself slighted at Colonel (afterwards Duke of Wellington, (q.v.) being placed in command at Seringapatam: commanded the Dina-pur Brigade, 1800: led an expedition to Egypt down the Nile in 1801, to co-operate with the British army, and was at the capture of Alexandria: led back the Egyptian Indian army, 1802: in 1802 he commanded a Division of the Madras Army, but, when again placed under General A. Wellesley for the Mahratta war, resigned and returned to. England, being captured on the voyage by the French: was knighted and became Lt-General: in 1805–6 was sent to retake the Cape of Good Hope from the Dutch: served at Copenhagen, and in Spain, in 1808, losing an arm at Corunna: was made K.B., 1809, and a Baronet; and General in 1814: G.C.B., 1815: C. in C. in Ireland, in 1820: Governor of Fort George, 1829: died in Perthshure, Aug. 18, 1829.

BAKER, EDWARD NORMAN (1857–)

I.C.S.: educated at Christ's College, Finchley: went out to Bengal in the Civil Service, 1878: Under Secretary to the Governor of Bengal, and to the Government of India, Finance Department, 1885: Deputy Secretary, 1892–5: Secretary, 1902–5: Financial Secretary to the Government of Bengal and Member of Bengal Legislative Council, 1898–1902: Financial Member of the Supreme Council, 1905: C.S.I., 1900.

BAKER, SIR THOMAS DURAND (1837–1893 )

Son of Rev. John Durand Baker, Vicar of Bishop's Pawton, Devon: born March 23. 1837: educated at Cheltenham: entered the 18th Royal Irish regt., 1854: served in the Crimea, 1854–6: in the Indian mutiny was with the Central India Field Force: passed the Staff College, 1862: in the New Zealand war, 1863–67: was Assistant Adjutant and Q.M.G. in Ashanti Expedition, 1873–4, and Chief of the Staff: C.B.: A.D.C. to the Queen: attached to the Russian Army during the Russo-Turkish war, 1877: Military Secretary to Lord Lytton, Viceroy of India, 1878: in 1879, commanded a Brigade under Lord Roberts, through the Kuram to Kabul, commanded at Charasia Oct. 6, 1879, and was engaged in many of the fights near Kabul: was in Lord Roberts' Kabul- Kandahar march, Aug., 1880, and the battle of Kandahar: K.C.B. 1881: in the Boer War 1881 as Brig-General: in 1884 was Adjutant-General in India: in the Burmese expedition, 1886–7: commanded a Division in Bengal, 1887–90: Q.M.G. of the Army, 1890: Lt-General, 1891: died at Pau, Feb. 9 1893.

BAKER, SIR WILLIAM ERSKINE (1808–1881)

Son of Capt. Joseph Baker, R.N.: born Nov. 29, 1808: educated at Ludlow and Addiscombe: joined the Bengal Engineers 1826: to India, 1828: employed in canal work: led an attacking column in the battle of Sobraon, in the Sikh war of 1845–6: rendered excellent service in the P.W.D., as Superintending Engineer of the Delhi canals, and of the Sind canals and forests. Director of the Ganges canal, and Consulting Engineer for Railways: Secretary to the Government of India in the P.W.D., 1854–5: Colonel, 1857: in 1858 was made Military Secretary at the India Office: Member of the Council of India, 1861–1875: K.C.B., 1870: General, 1877: died at Barnwell, Somersetshire, Dec. 16, 1881.

BALFOUR, EDWARD GREEN (1813–1889)

Doctor and author: son of Capt. George Balfour, and nephew of Joseph Hume, M.P.: born Sep. 6, 1813: educated at Montrose, and Edinburgh University: in 1839 went to India in the Medical Department, serving in both the Bombay and Madras Armies: became full Surgeon in 1852: wrote medical papers on subjects relating to the health of the troops, and besides his profession did much useful work: studied Oriental languages, and founded the Muhammadan public library at Madras: established, in 1850, a Government Central Museum, and was Superintendent for 9 years: published an Encyclopasdia of India, which went through several editions: and commenced the Mysore Museum, 1866: was Political Agent with the Nawab of the Carnatic for years: as Deputy Inspr-General of Hospitals, 1862–1870, he served in the stations under the Madras command, and