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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . Honorary A.D.C. to H.E. the Commander-in-Chief, India. Address: Calcutta, India; Hursley, near Winchester. Clubs: Oriental; Bengal, Calcutta.  Drummond, Maj.-General Sir Francis Henry Rutherford. C.I.E. 1897; K.C.I.E. (1912), Inspector General, Imperial Service Troops; b. 1857; e. surviving s. of late Maj.-Gen. Henry Drummond; m. Violet Fraser, o.d. of Col. F. J. Home C.S.I.; educ: Wellington College; entered Army, 1875,. . . twice, medal with clasp); served with Afghan Boundary Commission, 1884-86; (Bt. Majority); holds an Afghan Order of Honour; is an Esquire of the 9th Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England; Brevet Major, 1887; Major, 1895; Lieut. Col. 1901; Brevet Col. 1904; Colonel and Brig.-General, 1907; served Afghan War, 1878-80 (despatches). Address: Pitcairns, Dunning, Perthshire. Club: Cavalry.  Du Boulay, Sir James HoussmayneHoussemayne [sic], C.I.E. (1900). K.C.I.E. (1911); s. of Rev. J. T. H, Du Boulay, late House Master, Winchester; b. 1868; educ: Winchester; Balliol College, Oxford; m. Freda Elais, d. of Alfred Howell, 1901; Joined I.C S. as Assistant Collector and Magistrate, Bombay; Deputy Municipal Commissioner on plague duty, Bombay, 1897 1900; Private Secretary to Lords Northcote, and Lamington, Governors of Bombay, 1901 and 1903-7 respectively; Secretary to Govt, of Bombay, 1909; Private Secretary to Lord Hardinge, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, since 1910. Address: The Viceregal Lodge, Calcutta, India. Club: East India United Service.  Ducat, Brevet Col. Charles Merewether, P.S.C, F.R.G.S,; Commandant 34th Indian Cavalry, Poona Horse, 1908; b. 1860; e.s. of late Colonel W. M. Ducat, R.E.; educ: Marlborough College; entered Sandhurst, 1880; 2nd Lieut. 1881; became Brevet Col. 1908; Military Attache, Peking, 1902-5; served Burma Campaign, 1887-89 (medal, and two clasps); China Field Force, 1900-1 (medal. Brevet Lieut.-Col.) Address: Aurungabad, India. Club; Cavalry.  Duff, General Sir Beauchamp, C.I.E. (1897), K.C.V.O. (1906), K.C.B. (1907), K.C.S.I. (1910), G.C.B. (1911), Commander-in-Chief, India; 2nd s. of late GardenGordon [sic] William Duff of Hatton Castle, Aberdeenshire: b. 1855; educ; Trinity College, Grenalmond; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; m. Grace, d. of late Oswald Wood, 1877; Joined the Army as Lieutenant. R.H.R.A. [sic] 1874; Afghan War, 1878-80; transferred to Indian Staff Corps, 1881; Captain, 1886; passed through. Staff College, 1888-89; D.A.A.G. Indian Army Head-quarters, 1891-95; BregadierBrigadier [sic] Major, Isazai Expedition, 1892; Major, 1894; D.A.A.G. Waziristan Expedition, 1894-95 (despatches twice. Brevet of Lt-Col.); Military Secretary to C in C India, 1895-99; Substantive Colonel, 1898; Assistant Military Secretary, War Office (for Indian affairs), 1899; South Africa, 1899-1901 (despatches twice, medal with five clasps, C.B.); D.A.G. Indian Army Head-quarters, 1901-02; Bgr. General Commanding Allahabad District; Major General, 1903; Adjutant General, India, 1903-06; Secretary, Military Department, India Office; 1909-13; Chief of the Staff in India, 1906-09; Commander-in-Chief, India, since 1914. Recreations: Shooting, fishing. Address: Delhi, and 132