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 estates; widely supported charities, and gave munificent contributions on occasions of epidemic fever, famines and calamities: encouraged literature and learning: though not always a strict observer of Hinduism, he maintained his numerous religious endowments and temples: while he did not seek popularity, he was highly respected by both Europeans and his countrymen, for his independence, high character and public spirit: died at Bhagalpur, Oct. 26, 1879.  BURGESS, JAMES (1832–)

Born Aug. 14, 1832: educated at Dumfries, Glasgow, Edinburgh: went to India, 1855: engaged in educational work in Calcutta and Bombay: Archaeological Surveyor and Reporter for W. India, 1874: and for S. India, 1881: Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, 1886: Fellow of the Bombay University: retired, 1889: attended the Geneva Oriental Congress, 1894, as representative of India: edited the Indian Antiquary, 1872–84: published scientific papers in the Philosophical Magazine, Archæological Survey Reports, Epigraphica Indica, 1889–94: published various archaeological works, as The Rock Temples of Elephanta, 1871: Temples of Somnath, Junaghar and Girnar, The Rock Temples of Ajanta, The Rock Temples of India (with J. Fergusson), 1880: Buddhist Art in India, 1901.  BURGOYNE, JOHN (1722–1792)

General: son of Captain John Burgoyne: educated at Westminster: entered the Army in the 13th Light Dragoons, 1740: M.P. for Midhurst, 1761: for Preston, 1768: spoke, moving for a Select Committee, on the Government of India, 1772, urging the principle (afterwards adopted by Fox and Pitt in their India Bills) of Government control over the E. I. Co.: in the attack in Parliament on Lord Clive, May 3, 1773, Burgoyne, Chairman of the Committee, was the accuser, and carried condemnatory resolutions against Clive: commanded in America in 1774, and surrendered at Saratoga, Oct. 17, 1777: C. in C. in Ireland, 1782: was a manager of the impeachment of Warren Hastings, 1787: died June 4, 1792.  BURGOYNE, SIR JOHN, BARONET (1739–1785)

General: born 1739: entered the Army young: served in the 7th and other regts.: Lt-Colonel of 58th regt., 1764: and of 14th Light Dragoons: raised, in 1781, the first regt. of European cavalry sent to India, called the 23rd Light Dragoons, afterwards the 19th Dragoons and the 19th Hussars, which he took to Madras: Maj-General, 1783: he and Sir Robert Fletcher were the champions of what they considered the rights and privileges of the King's service as against the authority of the E.I. Co.'s Governor and Council: both were recalled, but Burgoyne died at Madras, Sep. 23, 1785: buried in the Fort Church there.  BURKE, EDMUND (1729–1797)

Son of Richard Burke: born Jan. 12, 1729: educated at Ballitore and Trinity College, Dublin, 1743–8: entered at the Middle Temple, but not called to the bar: took to literature: founded the Annual Register, 1759: Private Secretary to Lord Rockingham, Prime Minister, 1765: M.P. for Wendover, 1765–74: for Bristol, 1774–80: for Malton, 1781–94: Paymaster of the Forces, 1782–3: his connexion with India extended over many years: he attacked the E. I. Co., 1766: refused, in 1772, an offer by the E. I. Co.'s Directors, of an appointment to reform their adminstration: opposed Lord North's "Regulating Act," 1773: was member of the Committee on the affairs of the E.I. Co., 1783, wrote both the Ninth Report on the trade of Bengal and the system pursued by Warren Hastings, and the Eleventh Report on the system of presents: drafted Fox's. East India Bill, 1783: attacked Hastings in a speech on the debts of the Nawab of Arcot, 1785, and again on the Rohilla war, 1786: impeached Hastings before the House of Lords, May, 1787: led the impeachment at the trial of Hastings in Westminster Hall, Feb., 1788: secured its continuation in a new Parliament, 1790: spoke for nine days in May-June, 1794, in reply to Hastings' defence: Hastings was acquitted in April, 1795: Burke died July 9, 1797: no further allusion need be made here to his writings, speeches in Parliament and political.