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 D.D., 1829 : went out to Calcutta as Bishop, 1829 : formed the District Charitable Society : extended Church accommodation : supported Missionary work : took measures to improve the education of the Christian community, including the High School, now St. Paul's School : his health gave way on his tour to Madras, Bombay, Ceylon, 1830–1 died at Calcutta, July 7, 1831.  TURNER, SIR MONTAGU CHARLES ( ? - )

Son of Rev. John Fisher Turner : educated at Winchester : joined the firm of Mackinnon, Mackenzie &. Co., Calcutta, 1877, and subsequently became a partner : President of Bengal Chamber of Commerce, 1898, 1901 and 1902 : Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council, 1901–2 : K.B., 1903.  TURNER, SAMUEL (1749? or 1759–1802)

Traveller and diplomatist: born about 1749 or 1759: connected with Warren Hastings: entered the military service of the E. I. Co., 1780, and was Captain in 1799: was sent by Warren Hastings on an embassy to Tibet, from Jan. 1783, to March, 1784: he travelled through Tassisudon, Bhutan, to Tashilhunpo, near Shigatze, Terpaling, and back to Punakha in Bhutan. The object of the Mission was to offer congratulations on the incarnation of the young Teshu Lama and to continue friendly relations with the Tibet Government. Turner was subsequently at Cornwallis' siege of Seringapatam in 1792, and was afterwards deputed as Ambassador to Mysore : for his conduct, he was rewarded by the E. I. Co.: on his return to England, he published his Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet, 1800: was F.R.S.: died Jan. 2, 1802.  TURNOUR, HON. GEORGE (1799–1843)

Born 1799 : son of Earl of Waterton : entered the Ceylon Civil Service, 1818 : was a famous Pali scholar : devoting himself to this language, to acquaint himself with the native records of the island : the first to publish authentic facts as to the origin and progress of the Buddhist religion in Ceylon : these were first contributed to the Ceylon Almanack, and were derived chiefly from the Mahawanso a Singhalese work, in Pali, containing a dynastic history of Ceylon from B.C. 543 to 1758, A.D. : published later, under the title of : Epitome of the History of Ceylon, compiled from Native Annals, 1836, and followed by The Mahawanso, with translation, 1837. : M.R.A.S. : contributed frequently to the I.A.S.B. on Buddhist History and Indian Chronology : on the inscriptions on the columns at Delhi, Allahabad, Bettia, The Tooth Relic of Ceylon : rose to be a Member of the Supreme Council in Ceylon : impaured health necessitated his return to England, 1841–2 : to Italy for his health : died at Naples, April 10, 1843.  TURTON, SIR THOMAS EDWARD MICHELL, BARONET (1789–1854)

Registrar of the Supreme Court at Calcutta : succeeded his brother as Baro-net, 1844 : died at the Mauritius on his way to England for health, April 13, 1854.  TWEEDDALE, GEORGE HAY, EIGHTH MARQUIS OF (1787–1876)

Governor: born Feb. 1, 1787 : son of George, seventh Marquis : entered the Army and succeeded to the title, 1804 : served in Sicily, the Peninsula, America : C.B., 1815 : K.T. in 1820 : Governor and C. in C. of Madras, Sep. 1842—Feb. 1848 : Lt-General, 1846 : K.C.B., 1862 : G.C.B., 1867 : Field Marshal, 1875 : a representative peer for Scotland : devoted much time and attention to improvements in agriculture and the application of machinery : died Oct. 10, 1876.  TWEEDIE, WILLIAM (1836–)

Born Oct. 31, 1836 : son of Rev. W. K. Tweedie, D.D. : educated at Edinburgh University : entered the Indian Army, 1857 : served in the Indian mutiny, 1857–8 : in the action at Benares, June 4, 1857 : at Havelock's relief, and the capture, of Lucknow : Political Secretary to C. in C., Abyssinian expedition : Political Officer in the Afghan war, 1879–80 : held several appointments in the Political Department, including that of Political Resident in Turkish Arabia and Consul-General of Bagdad : C.S.I. : author of The Arabian Horse, his Country and People.