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 He was made C.S.I. in 1869 and died in Paris, March 15, 1870. He was a brilliant writer, and much esteemed for his personal qualities. His essays on the External Policy of India were edited by Sir W. W. Hunter (q.v.). The best known are those on "The Foreign Policy of Lord Lawrence," "Masterly Inactivity," and "Mischievous Activity," from the Edinburgh and Fortnightly Reviews: he wrote also in other Journals on political questions.  WYLLIE, SIR WILLIAM (1802–1891)

Son of John Wyllie: born Aug. 13, 1802: educated at Kilmarnock: joined the E. I. Co.'s Bombay N.I., 1819: General in 1871: served in the Dekkan, Konkan, Gujarat, and Cutch in 1825–6: in 1838–9 he was Brig-Major with the Bombay column of the "Army of the Indus" under Sir John Keane: was at Ghazniand at the capture of Kabul, Aug. 7, 1839:-was, under Sir T. Willshire (q.v.), at Quetta, and the capture of Kelat, Nov. 3, 1839: was again Brig-Major in the Sind force under Sir R. England (q.v.), 1840–2, reaching Kandahar, May, 1842: was Assistant Adjutant-General under Sir C. Napier in Sind and at Miani on Feb. 17, 1843: C.B.: commanded against the rebels in the S. Mahratta country, 1844– 5: was D.A.G. Bombay, 1849: commanded at Bombay and Ahmadnagar: retired from India in 1858: K.C.B. in 1866: G.C.B., 1877: General: died May 26, 1891.  WYLLIE, SIR WILLIAM HUTT CURZON (1848–)

Born Oct. 5, 1848: son of General Sir William Wyllie, G.C.B: entered the Army, 1866, and the Indian Staff Corps, 1868, joined the Oudh Commission, 1870: the Indian Political Department, 1879: served in Beluchistan under Sir Robert Sandeman during the Afghan war, 1879–80: Military Secretary to William Patrick Adam (q.v.). Governor of Madras, 1881: Resident in Nipal: Governor-General's Agent in Central India and in Rajputana: retired: Political A.D.C. at India Office: C.I.E., 1881: K.C.I.E., 1902.  WYMER, SIR GEORGE PETRE (1788–1868)

Born Aug. 19, 1788: educated at N. VValsham: entered the E. I. Co.'s military service, 1814: in the campaign of 1805: and the Nipal war, 1815–6: under Nott at Kandahar, 1840: relieved Kelat-i-Ghilzai: C.B.: commanded the First Brigade of the Kandahar Force: present at many engagements, including Ghazni: A.D.C. to Queen Victoria, 1842: K.C.B., 1857, for his services in India: Colonel of the 107th Bengal Infantry, 1862: died Aug. 12, 1868: General.  WYNCH, ALEXANDER (1720– ? )

Born 1720: writer at Fort St. George, 1740: at Fort St. David, 1741: Sixth in Council at Fort St. David, 1744: Factor, 1745: Ninth in Council at Fort St. George, 1752: Second in Council, 1772, and Chief at Masulipatam: Governor of Madras, Feb. 2, 1773: resigned, Dec. 11, 1776.  WYNN, CHARLES WATKIN WILLIAMS (1775–1850)

Born Oct. 9, 1775: son of Sir Watkin W. Wynn: educated at Westminster, and Christ Church, Oxford: called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn, 1798: M.P. for Old Sarum, 1797, and for Montgomeryshire, 1797–1850: Under Secretary in the Home Department, 1806–7: D.C.L., 1810: President of the Board of Control, 1822–8, and P.C.: impracticable and unbusiness like: Secretary at War, 1830–1: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1834–5: said to have declined, three times, the offer of the Governor-Generalship of India: the first President of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1823–41: F.S.A: died Sep. 2, 1850.  YAKUB KHAN (1849–)

Amir of Afghanistan: third son of Shir Ali (q.v.): at Herat, in 1863, recognized Vambery as a European: in 1868–9 defeated his uncle Muhammad Azam and his cousin Abdur Rahman at Tinak Khan, near Ghazni: filled high posts as Governor of Kabul, Kandahar and Herat: in 1870 rebelled against his father, because he made Abdalla Jan his heir: he fled to Kandahar and Persia and took Herat: was reconciled with his father, and made Governor, but was treacherously imprisoned, 1874–8. When Shir Ali left Kabul, in 1878–9, Yakub became Amir: as Amir he made the Treaty of Gandamak