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 to Indian studies : made voyages to India, to obtain information on Indian history and literature : member of the Academy : published works on Kaccyana et la litterature grammaticale du Pali, 1871; The Inscriptions of Piyadasi, 1881–6; Essay on the Legend of Buddha, 1875; The Mahavastu, 1882 ; Notes on Indian Epigraphy; Les Castes dans Flnde, 1896 : numerous publications in the Journal Asiatique : has been a member of the Institute since 1882 : corresponding member of the Berlin Academy, 1900, and of the Academy of St. Petersburg, 1901 : Vice-President of the Societe Asiatique : has taken an active part in political life : conseiller-general of la Sarthe since 1883 : elected member of the Chamber of Deputies, 1902.

SETON, SIR HENRY WILMOT ( ?–1848)

Educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge : B.A., 1807 : called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1809 : Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court, Calcutta : knighted : Vice-President of the Asiatic Society, Bengal, 1840–7 : died on his voyage to England, July 26, 1848.

SETON-KARR, WALTER SCOTT ( ?- )

I.C.S. : educated at Rugby and Haileybury, 1840–2 : went to Bengal in the Civil Service, 1842 : Under Secretary to the Government of Bengal, 1847–53 : President of the Indigo Commission, 1860 : Secretary to the Government of Bengal, 1860–1 : Member of the Legislative Council of the Governor- General, 1861 : and of the Bengal Legislative Council, 1862 : Judge of the Sadr Court, 1862 : Puisne Judge of the High Court, 1862–8 : Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, 1868 : Vice-Chancellor of the Calcutta University, 1868–9 : wrote in the Calcutta Review; President of the Records Commission, and edited Selections from the Calcutta Gazette : retired, 1870 : wrote The Marquess Cornwallis (Rulers of India series) : and Grant of Rothiemurchus, 1899.

SEWELL, ROBERT (1845–)

I.C.S. : born June 4, 1845 : son of Robert Burleigh Sewell : educated at Radley : in the Madras Civil Service, 1868–94 : Judge and then Collector of Bellary : Fellow of Madras University : introduced the Archajological Survey of S. India, 1881–3 : M.R.A.S. since 1876, and on the Council : M.A.S.B. : F.R.G.S. : F.S.A. : has written an Analytical History of India, 1870; The Amravati Tope and Excavations on its Site in 1877; Chronological Tables for S. India, from the Sixth Century A.D. : Antiquarian Remains in Presidency of Madras', 1882; A Sketch of the Dynasties of S. India, 1883; Sir W. Elliofs Coins of S. India; Mrs. Hawtey's India and the West in Old Days; South Indian Chronological Tables, 1889; Sir Walter Elliot; The Indian Calendar (with Pandit S. B. Dikshit), 1896 : Eclipses of the Moon in India, 1898; A Forgotten Empire, 1900; and a number of articles on Buddhistic and antiquarian subjects in the J.R.A.S. and on coins, etc. in the Indian Antiquary.

SEYMOUR, HENRY DANBY (1820–1877)

Son of Henry Seymour, M.P. : born 1820 : educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford: M.P. for Poole, 1850–68 : Joint Secretary to the Board of Control, 1855–8 : died Aug. 3, 1877.

SHAHABUDDIN KAZI, KHAN, BAHADUR (1832–1900)

Born 1832 : son of Kazi Ibrahim : educated at the Poona College and Engi-neering School : became Secretary to the Council of Regency at Bhuj Cutch : and a Deputy Collector : Minister at Cutch : resigned the service : sent to England in 1869 on behalf of the Rao of Cutch : Hony. Secretary, in London, for 3 years, of the East India Association, and Professor of Oriental Languages at University College : Attache to Sir B. Frere's Mission to Zanzibar, 1873 : Diwan of Cutch : resigned in 1874 : Head of the Revenue Department at Baroda for 13 years : Khan Bahadur, 1877 : C.I.E., 1880 : Minister at Baroda, 1883–6, when he retired : Member of the Bombay Legislative Council, 1886, and of the Public Service Commission : Fellow of the Bombay University : J.P. : died March 6, 1900.