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 Indian Staff Corps, 1864 : served in the Afghan campaign, 1878–9 : Soudan, 1884 : Burma, 1886–9 : C.B. : A.Q.M.G., Bombay, 1876 : Colonel.

SARTORIUS, REGINALD WILLIAM (1841–)

Son of Admiral Sir G. R. Sartorius : entered the Bengal Cavalry: served in the Indian mutiny, 1857–8 : Bhutan campaign, 1865–6 : Ashanti war, 1873–4 : on Staff of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales on his tour in India, 1875–6 : Afghan campaigns, 1879–80 : Maj-General, 1895 : V.C.

SASSOON, SIR ALBERT ABDULLAH DAVID, BARONET (1818–1896)

Son of David Sassoon, State Treasurer at Bagdad : born there, July 25, 1818 : educated in India, his father having removed first to Bushire and afterwards to Bombay, and established a banking and mercantile house : head of the firm in 1864 : contributed largely to charitable institutions and made many handsome donations to Bombay, including the Sassoon wet dock at Colaba, 1872–5 : C.S.I., 1867 : Member of the Bombay Legislative Council, 1868–72 : K.B., 1872 : given the freedom of the City of London for his munificent charities, etc. etc. : settled in England : Vice-President of the Anglo-Jewish Association : made a Baronet, 1890 : died Oct. 24, 1896.

SASTRI, SIR AMARAVATI SESHIAH (1828–1903)

Entered the public service in the Board of Revenue, Madras, 1848 : became its Sarishtadar : became Diwan of Travancore and Diwan of the Raja of Pudukota : Member of the Legislative Council, Madras, 1883 : public-spirited, capable and honest, he enjoyed for many years the high regard and confidence of Governors of Madras : was made K.C.S.I. : died Oct. 29, 1903.

SASTRI, CALAMUR VIRAVALLI RUNGANADA. (1819–1881)

Son of a poor Brahman in the Chitore District, Madras, who had a great reputation as a Sanskrit scholar. When his father fell into difficulties and was put into the Civil jail, he offered himself to the Collector of the District as his substitute and the Collector (Mr. Casamajor) had him educated in English : showed a great aptitude for mathematics : sent in 1836 to Bishop Corrie's school in Madras under Mr. Kerr : on the latter's trans-fer to Calcutta in 1839, Sastri became Teacher of Mathematics in the High School. In 1842 he took the Proficient's degree : returned to Chitore to be near his father and became Head Clerk in the Subordinate Judge's Court : studied several Oriental languages, in all of which he became proficient, and qualified to be Interpreter in the Supreme Court. Whilst employed in that post he mastered French and Latin, and in 1857 was made a Fellow of the Madras University. In 1859 he was made a Judge of the Small Cause Court and began to study Arabic. In 1880 he retired on pension : a tall, handsome man, his complexion differing but little from that of a European bronzed by a tropical sun : devoted to exercise, particularly to riding. At the time of his death he was master of 13 languages, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Canarese, Mahratti, Hindustani, Persian, Arabic, Sanskrit, Latin, Greek, French, and German, and had begun to study Hebrew. As a social reformer he occupied a very high place and was a great believer in female education : died July 5, 1881.

SASTRI, PANDIT S. M. NATESA ( ? - )

Bookseller and publisher : novelist and writer on Indian Folk-lore : noted for his translations from the Tamil :—Folk-Lore in Southern India, 1884, etc.; Dravidian Nights' Entertainments; a translation of the Madanakamarajankadai, 1886; The King and his Four Ministers, 1889; Tales of Tennalirama, 1900 : has also translated from Sanskrit and English into Tamil (Shakespeare's plays, etc.) : has brought out the text with translation of Atmavidyavilasa : also translated Tamil and Sanskrit inscriptions : is a member of the Folk-Lore Society, and writes in the Indian Antiquary.

SAUNDERS, JOHN O'BRIEN (1852–1906)

Born 1852 : son of John O'Brien Saunders, whom he succeeded about 1878 in the proprietorship and management of the Calcutta Englishman : for his conduct of his newspaper he was given the C.I.E. on the occasion of the Delhi darbar, 1903 :>