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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. Cavalry, 1885; Subedar, 1887, saw active Service in Burma, 1886; services lent to Mysore State, 1887; Assistant to Military Secretary and A.D.C. to H.H. The Maharaja; resigned British Service, 1890; Commandant, Imperial Service Regiment. Mysore Lancers, 1894; Lieut-Col. Mysore Army, 1894; Milty Sec. to Mysore Government, 1896; Chief Commandant, Mysore State Troops, 1897. m. a sister (d. 1904) of the present Maharajah, leaving many children. Recreations: Polo, and Horse-racing. Address: CangaloreBangalore [sic], Mysore Province, India.  De Saram, John Henricus, C.M.G. (1901): b. 1844; s. of Frederick John de Saram of Colombo. Ceylon; m. 1867. Amelia Caroline (d. 1891), 2nd d. of Sir Richard P. Mornan, Kt., Queen’s Advocate of Ceylon; educ: Cblombo Academy (now the Royal College); St. Thomas’s College Colombo; King’s College School, London; entered Ceylon Civil Service, District Judge, Badulla, 1867, Commissioner of Requests, Colombo, 1868; District Judge, 1875 to 1883; Fiscal and Registrar Genciral, Colombo, 1886; District Judge, Jaffna, Galle, and Kandy respectively; Acting Treasurer of the Colony, 1902; again District Judge. Kandy, 1902; retired, 1906; acting Commissioner of Assize’s Colombo, 1908. Address: Hillside. Kandy, Ceylon.  Deshon, Lieut.-General Frederick George Thomas, C.B. (1904); Col. King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry; b. 1818; s. of Major Peter Deshon, 43rd and 75th Regiments, m. 1st, 1851, Mary (d. 1853), d. of William Hooton Doverill, 2nd, 1875, Julia (d. 1904), d. of Alexander Tower; entered Army as Ensign, 56th Regt, 1837 served with 22nd Regt. in Scinde, 1843; present at the battle of Hyderabad (medal); in the Southern Mahratta Campaign, 1844-45; landed with the 48th Regt. in the Crimea, and was present at the siege and fall of Sebastopol (medal with clasp. Turkish medal, 5th class of the Medjidie, and CrevetBrevet [sic] Major); Assist. Inspector of Volunteers, 1865-70; Col. KingstownKing’s Own [sic] Yorkshire L.I. retired, 1881. Address: Chorin House, Bathampton, Bath.  Deshon, Col. Charles John, D.S.O., 1889; b. 1840; y.s. of late Lieut. Col. C. J. Deshon;m. 1864, e.d. of late Major Loftus Cassidy; educ; King’s School, Canterbury; entered R.A., 1859; Capt, 1872; Major, 1880; Lt. Col, 1886; Col, 1891; Served Burmah, 1886-87 (despatches); Hazara Expedition, 1888 (despatches. D.S.O.); retired, 1892. Address: c/o India office, London.  Desika Chariar, Sir Yembakam C. Kt. (1906), B.A., B.L., Judge, Court of Small Causes, Madras; s. of late Mr. Rajagopala Chariar; b, 1861; educ; Presidency College, Madras; B.A., 1882; B.L., 1886; enrolled as Vakil, 1887; Commenced practice in the Madras High Court; Member, Madras Corporation, 1896-1908; Lecturer, Madras Law College, 1896-1900; Addl. Member, Madras Legislative Council, 1904-08; Fellow, Madras University, since 1903; Member of the Faculty of Law, Madras University; Trustee, Victoria MemoralMemorial [sic] Fund, and Member, Council of the Victoria Technical Institute, Madras; Secretary, Madras Central Urban Bank Ld., Mylapore; President, Conference of Co-operative credit Societies, Utteramerur Chingleput Dt., 1912. Address: Padma VilasVillas [sic], Luz, Mylapore 123