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 CAVAGNARI, SIR PIERRE LOUIS NAPOLEON (1841–1879)

Lt-Colonel : son of General Adolphe Cavagnari : born July 4, 1841, educated at Christ's Hospital and Addiscombe : was naturalized in 1857 : entered the E. I. Co.'s Army, 1858 : in the Oudh campaign in the mutiny : joined the Staff Corps, 1861, and the Panjab Commission as an Assistant Commissioner : had charge of the Kohat district, 1866 to 1877, and, as Deputy Commissioner of Peshawar, accompanied several frontier expeditions, 1868–78 : C.S.I, in 1877 : he was a member of Sir N. Chamberlain's mission to Shir Ali, in'the autumn of 1878, when it was stopped at Ali Masjid by the Amir's officer. When Yakub Khan had become Amir, on the death of Shir Ali, Major Cavagnari negotiated the treaty of Gandamak with him, May 26, 1879 : K.C.B. He was appointed Resident at Kabul and was residing, from July, 1879, at the Bala Hissar in Kabul, when the Afghan troops rose, attacked his residence, and he and his staff were all killed, Sep. 3, 1879.  CAVAYE, WILLIAM FREDERICK (1845–)

Colonel : son of General Cavaye : born 1845 : educated at Edinburgh Academy and Sandhurst : commanded the 2nd Royal Sussex regt. : Military Secretary to H.R.H. the Duke of Con-naught, when C. in C. in Bombay : has since held several Staff appointments : served in the Zulu war, 1879, and in the S. African war, 1900–2.  CAVE-BROWNE, EDWARD RABAN- (1835–)

Born May 29, 1835 : son of Lt-Colonel Edward Cave-Browne : educated at the College School, Taunton : clerk in the East India House, 1854 : rose to be Accountant-General in the India Office from 1893 : retired in 1900 : C.S.I, in 1898.  CAVENAGH, SIR ORFEUR (1821–1891)

General : son of James Gordon Cavenagh : educated at Addiscombe : entered the Army : was through the Gwalior campaign : lost a leg at Maharajupr, 1843 : in the Satlaj campaign at Badiwal : in charge of the Mysore Princes and ex-Amirs of Sind : had political charge of Sir Jang Bahadur and the Nipalese embassy to England, 1850 : was Town Major of Fort William, Calcutta, during the mutiny : frustrated the plot of the mutineers to seize the Fort : recommended the formation of the Volunteer Guards : Governor of the Straits Settlements, 1859–67 : Lt-General, 1874 : K.C.S.I., 1881 : died July 7, 1891 : wrote Reminiscences of an Indian Official.  CHALMERS, SIR JOHN M. (1756–1818)

Son of Patrick Chalmers : joined the Madras Infantry in 1775 : made a gallant defence of Coimbatore, June-Nov. 1791, with only a small force, against Tippoo's troops : obliged to capitulate : taken prisoner to Seringapatam, his release effected by Cornwallis in Feb. 1792 : commanded the force at Travancore, 1803–9, and the N. Division of the Madras Army, 1812–7 : Maj-General, 1812 : K.C.B., 1815. After 42 years' service in Madras, he died on the voyage home, March 31, 1818.  CHALMERS, MACKENZIE DALZELL (1847–)

Born Feb. 7, 1847 : son of Rev. F. Chalmers, D.D., educated at King's College, London, and Trinity College, Oxford : served in the Indian Civil Service, 1869–72 : held several legal appointments as Judge of County Courts and Acting Chief Justice of Gibraltar : Legal Member of the Viceroy's Council, 1896, retired, 1899 : Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury, 1902–3 : Permanent Under Secretary in the Home Department, 1903 : contributed Articles to the Dictionary of Political Economy, and the Encyclopadia Britannica : author of Digest of the Law of Sale, Digest of the Law of Bills of Ex-change : C.S.I. : C.B.  CHALMERS, ROBERT ( ? –1878)

Lt-Colonel : joined the Indian Army, 1849 : in the mutiny his regt., the 1st Oudh Irregular Infantry, mutinied : he narrowly escaped to Allahabad : joined a regt. proceeding to relieve Cawnpur : carried back news of the massacre at Cawnpur, 44 miles, to Allahabad, through country teeming with a hostile population : was in Havelock's engagements about Cawnpur, in the relief of Lucknow, in its subsequent defence, the fighting at Alambagh, and the final capture of Lucknow,