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 Popular Poetry of the Hindus, 1814: Hony. Secy. R.A.S.

BROUGHTON DE GYFFORD, JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE, BARON (1786–1869)

Son of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, Bart. born June 27, 1786: educated at Bristol, Westminister and Trinity College, Cambridge: friend of Byron and travelled with him on the Continent: committed to Newgate from Dec. 14, 1819, to Feb. 29, 1820, for breach of privilege of the House of Commons: M.P. for Westminster, 1820: succeeded as Baronet in 1831: Secretary at War, 1832–3: Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1833, resigned: M.P. for Nottingham, 1834: Commissioner of Woods and Forests: President of the Board of Control, April 23, 1835, to Sep. 4, 1841: again from July 8, 1846, to Feb. 3, 1852: on his advice the appointment of Lord Heytesbury in 1835–6, to succeed Lord W. Bentinck as Governor-General was cancelled: he supported Lord Auckland's Afghan policy: M.P. for Harwich in 1848: made a peer in 1851: K.C.B. in 1852: died June 3, 1869: wrote his Recollections of a Long Life, and a number of papers on literary, classical, political and historical subjects.

BROWN, CHARLES PHILIP (1798–1884)

I.C.S.: born in India, 1798: son of the Rev. (q.v.): educated by his father in India: and at Haileybury: went to Madras in the Civil Service, 1817: Judge of Masulipatam; Persian and Telugu Translator to Government: Post Master General, Madras: Member of the Council of Education: early made a special study of Telugu and became a great scholar: compiled a Telugu-English and English-Telugu Dictionary, 1845–53, and Grammar, 1840, and translated the Bible into Telugu: published Chronological Tables: and various works in Telugu: wrote on that language and other subjects in the Madras Journal of Literature: retired, 1855: Honorary Professor of Telugu in London University: on the Council of the R.A.S: died 1884.

BROWN, REV. DAVID (1763–1812)

Born in 1763: educated at Scarborough, Hull, and Magdalen College, Cambridge: ordained and went to Calcutta as a Chaplain in Bengal in 1786: held several clerical charges, including the ministry of the Old Church, 21 years, and 10 years the senior Presidency chaplaincy, and laboured greatly in the cause of missions and aid to native Christians: was held in great esteem by the English residents: founded the Auxiliary Bible Society: Provost of the College of Fort William, Aug. 18, 1800: in 1812 he embarked on a ship which was wrecked in the Bay of Bengal: was rescued, and returned to Calcutta, but died there directly, June 14, 1812.

BROWN, FRANCIS CARNAC (1792–1868)

Born at Mahé, Nov. 10, 1792: son of (q.v.): educated in England and France (where he was detained at the rupture of the peace of Amiens): joined the 80th foot: Lieutenant and A.D.C.: retired on half pay to help his father manage the Anjrakandy estate: J.P.: returned to Europe, 1838: was an active member of the committee of the "British India Society," the first organization established to promote reform in India, and afterwards of the "India Reform Society": died at Tellicherry, Sep. 23, 1868: author of pamphlets on Indian subjects. Letters to and from the Government of Madras relating to the Disturbances in Canara in April, 1837–8: Free Trade and the Cotton Question with reference to India, being a Memorial from the British merchants of Cochin, 1847: Obstructions to Trade in India, 1862: The Supply of Cotton from India, 1863: his knowledge of native customs and native matters generally on his side of India was probably unrivalled among Englishmen: he was able to explain many things relating to the natives which others had not been able to understand.

BROWN, SIR JOHN CAMPBELL (1812–1890)

Entered the Medical Service of the Bengal Army, 1836: in the first Afghan war: became Surgeon-General, 1870: C.B., 1858: K.C.B., 1875: died July 27, 1890.

BROWN, MURDOCH (1750–1828)

Born at Edinburgh, 1750, left Scotland for Lisbon merely for the voyage, but