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 in the Mahratta war against the British, and was beaten at Assaye on Sep. 23, 1803, and again at Argaum on Nov. 28, 1803: he had then to cede Cuttack and Berar to the English, so that only Nagpur remained to him: his demand for their restoration was refused: he died in 1816.

BERAR, RAGHOJI BHONSLA III, RAJA OF (1808?–1853)

Raja of Nagpur: grandson of (q.v.), adopted by his widow and made Raja as a child of 9, after the flight of  (q.v.). When he died in 1853, leaving no heir or relation with any claim, Nagpur was incorporated into British territory.

BERESFORD, GEORGE READ EDWARD (1815–1857)

Born Aug. 3, 1815: son of Thomas Beresford: went to India, 1834–5: appointed first manager of the Cawnpur Bank, about 1843: transferred, 1849, to be the head manager of the Delhi Bank: massacred with his wife and five daughters, on May 11, 1857, at the Bank-house at Delhi, by the mutineers from Meerut: Beresford had declined the offer of escaping with his family, refusing to abandon his charge of the Bank: he and his family defended themselves on the roof of an out-house, but were overpowered: a tablet was placed to their memory in the Church at Delhi: he was a learned Oriental scholar, keen archaeologist and photographer: author of The Handbook of Delhi.

BERESFORD, LORD WILLIAM LESLIE DE LA POER (1847–1900)

Third son of the fourth Marquis of Waterford: born July 20, 1847: educated at Eton: entered the 9th Lancers in 1867: A.D.C. to Viceroys of India, 1875 to 1881, and Military Secretary to the Viceroys from 1881 to 1894. He saw service in the Jowaki expedition, 1877–8; in the Zulu war, 1879, where he gained the Victoria Cross; in the Afghan war, 1880, and was in Burma, 1886: Lt-Colonel in 1890: K.C.I. E., 1894. On Dec. 30, 1893, he was entertained at a farewell dinner at the Town Hall, Calcutta, by 180 friends: it was then said of him that he "had raised the office [of Military Secretary] to a science, and himself from an official into an institution, and acquired a reputation absolutely unique": retired from India in 1894: died in England, Dec. 28, 1900. He was invaluable as A.D.C. and Military Secretary to successive Viceroys: popular and active: a keen sportsman and successful rider of steeple-chases: and polo-player: and for years kept a stud of racehorses with which he won the Viceroy's Cup six times and the other principal races at race-meetings in India. In England, also, he had a racing stable, and was one of the first to have American horses and jockeys.

BERNADOTTE, JOHN BAPTISTE JULIUS (1764–1844)

King of Sweden and Norway, as Charles XIV: born of humble parents at Pau in Bearne, 1764: he enlisted in the French army in 1780, and was, when a serjeant, taken prisoner at the siege of Cuddalore in 1783: became General in 1793, served in Napoleon's campaigns: and became, as Charles XIV, King of Sweden and Norway in 1818: died March 8, 1844.

BERNARD, SIR CHARLES EDWARD (1837–1901)

I.C.S.: son of Dr. J. F. Bernard, of Clifton, and nephew of the first Lord Lawrence: born in 1837: educated at Rugby, Addiscombe and Haileybury: began his service in the Pan jab in 1858: in the Central Provinces till 1871: from 1871 to 1875 was Secretary to the Bengal Government, member of the Bengal Legislative Council, famine Secretary during the Bihar famine of 1874 : C.S.I., 1875: Secretary to Sir R. Temple on his famine mission to Madras and Bombay in 1877: Home Secretary to the Government of India, 1878–80: Chief Commissioner of Burma, 1880–1888: K.C.S.I., 1886: on retirement from India was appointed Secretary in the Revenue and Statistics Department, India Office: retired in 1901. He died at Chamouni Sep. 19. 1901. In 1893 he edited the autobiographical Memoirs of Sir. (q.v.) Bernard was remarkable for his personal activity and indefatigable energy. No one has worked harder throughout an arduous career. An officer of the highest principles in public and private life, he gained universal esteem and affection, even from those who differed from his views.