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 Asiatic Society of Bengal, and Vice-President of the Royal Asiatic Society for 3 years: died April 30, 1884: made considerable contributions to Indian history, numismatics, antiquities, and archaeology by his papers for the Asiatic Societies and other writings.

BAYLEY, SIR STEUART COLVIN (1836–)

I.C.S.: born Aug. 26, 1836: the youngest son of (q.v.): educated at Eton and Haileybury: arrived in India, March, 1856: held minor appointments in Bengal: was Commissioner of Patna during the Bihar famine of 1874: C.S.I., 1875: Secretary to the Government of Bengal, 1877: Additional Secretary to the Government of India, 1877: Personal Assistant to the Viceroy (Lord Lytton) for famine affairs, 1877: K.C.S.I., 1878: Home Secretary, 1878: Chief Commissioner of Assam, 1878–80: Resident at Hyderabad, 1881–2: C.I.E., 1881: Member of the Supreme Council, 1882–7: Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal from July to Dec, 1879, and from 1887–90; on leaving India he became Secretary in the Political Department at the India Office, 1890–95: Member of the Council of India, 1895.

BAYLEY, WILLIAM BUTTERWORTH (1782–1860)

I.C.S.: son of Thomas Butterworth Bayley: educated at Eton and Cambridge: went to India in 1799: served in 1803 in the "Governor-General's Office," in the brilliant circle under Lord Wellesley: Registrar of the Sadr Court, 1807: Judge of Burdwan and other places: in 1814 Secretary in the Judicial and Revenue Department, and in 1819 Chief Secretary to the Government: temporary Member of the Supreme Council from July to Dec, 1822, and substantively from 1825 to 1830: then he retired: he officiated as Governor-General from March to July, 1828, between Lord Amherst and Lord W. Bentinck: President of the Board of Trade, 1830: Vice-President and Depy. Governor of Bengal: in 1833 he became a Director of the E. I. Co., and Chairman of the Court in 1840: retired 1858: he died May 29, 1860. Kaye writes of his high official reputation, adding that "his unfailing kindness of heart and suavity of manner endeared him to all who had the privilege of coming within the reach of their genial influences."

BAYLY, ALFRED WILLIAM LAMBART (1866–)

Educated at Wellington: joined 108th regt., 1874: Bombay Staff Corps, 1879: Staff College, 1893: D.A.A. and Q.M.G: Burma expedition, 1886–87: Afghan war, 1880–81: Soudan, 1885: Burma, 1886–87: South Africa, 1899–1900: Colonel, C.B.D.S.O.

BEADON, SIR CECIL (1816–1880)

I.C.S.: son of Richard Beadon, grandson of Dr. Beadon, grandson of Dr.Beadon, Bishop of Bath and Wells: born in 1816: educated at Eton and Haileybury: went out to Bengal in 1836: Under Secretary to the Bengal Government in 1843: Secretary to the Board of Revenue, 1847: Member of the Commission on the Indian postal system: Secretary to the Government of Bengal, 1852: Home Secretary to the Government of India, 1854: Foreign Secretary, 1859: Member of the Supreme Council 1860–2, and Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, April, 1862, to April, 1867. During this period the mission, which met with insults, was sent to Bhutan in 1864: and the Orissa famine of 1866–7 occured: for the latter, Beadon was much blamed and, on an official inquiry, his famine administration was severely censured: always sanguine, he had failed to estimate adequately the signs of distress and the local conditions: and he suffered from ill-health: his general administration showed marked ability: K.C.S.I. in May, 1866: died July 18, 1880.

BEALE, THOMAS WILLIAM ( ? –1875)

A clerk in the ofifice of the Board of Revenue, N.W.P.: a learned scholar, who assisted Sir H. M. Elliot in his work on the Muhammadans in India: he wrote the Miftah-ul-Tawarikh, and an Oriental Biographical Dictionary: died at a great age, at Agra, 1875.

BEAMES, JOHN (1837–1902)

I.C.S: born June 21, 1837: son of Rev. Thomas Beames: educated at Merchant Taylors' School and at Hailey-bury, 1856–7: went to India, 1858: served in the Panjab, 1859–61: afterwards,