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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. .  at Baroda, 1882-86; Colonel, 13th Duke of Connaught Lancers, 1904. Address: Northcourt Finchampstead, Berks. Club: United Service.

Watt, Sir George, Kt. (1903), C.I.E. (1903), M.B., C.M., F.L.S., LL.D. (Aberdeen and Glasgow); 3rd s. of late John Watt; b. Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire, 1851; educ: Grammar School, King’s College and Marischal College, Aberdeen; came out to India as Professor of Botany, Calcutta University, 1873-74; on special duty in connection with Burma-Manipur Boundary Commission as Medical Officer, 1882; Scientific Assistant Secretary, Government of India, 1881; in charge of the India Section of the Calcutta International Exhibition, 1884; Commissioner, Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1885-86; Reporter to Government of India on Economic Products, 1887-1903; Governor of Imperial Institute, 1892; Editor, The Agricultural Ledger, 1892-1903; President, Pharmacological Section of the Indian Medical Congress, 1894; in charge of Calcutta Industrial Museum, 1894-03; won the Daniel Hanbury Gold medal, 1901; Honorary Secretary, Indigenous Drug Committee of India, 1901; Director, Indian Art Exhibition, Delhi, 1903; on Special duty in London, 1901-08; Officier d’Academe; Corresponding Member, Royal Horticultural Society: Fellow, Royal Society, Haarlem; President, Richmond Athenæum, 1907; retired, 1906. Publications: Dictionary of the Economic Products of India (8 Vols.); Pests and Blights of the Pea Plants; Rhia and China Grass; Lac and Lac Industries; a Plague in the Betel-nut Palm of India; Flora of Cambia; Dictionary of Commercial Products of India; Indian Art at Delhi in 1903, etc. Address: Annandale House, Lockerbie, N.B. Club: Savage.

Webb, Hon’ble Montague Pomeroy, C.I.E. (1906); s. of Mr. W. W. Webb, Solicitor, Bristol and London; b. 1869; educ: privately; came over to India and became a well known figure in the Commercial circles; Chairman, Karachi Chamber of Commerce; Member, Bombay Legislative Council; visited South Africa on his own account to study the Indian Problem on the spot, 1910. Publications: Britain’s Dilemma; the Coming Deluge, Advance India; British Commerce, India and the Empire; the Outlook for Karachi; A Memorandum on the Indian Currency; several articles on Finance and Economics. Address: Karachi, India.

Wedderburn, Sir William, 4th Baronet, I.C.S. (retired); b. 1838; 4th s. of 2nd Baronet, succeeded his brother Sir David in the title, 1882; educ: at Hofwyl Workshop, Lorretto School; Edinburgh University; entered I.C.S. in Bombay, 1860; served as District Judge and Judicial Commissioner in Sind; acted as secretary to Bombay Government, Judicial and Political Departments; Judge, Bombay High Court, 1885; Officiating Chief Secretary to Bombay Government; retired, 1887; M.P. for Banffshire, 1893-1900; Chairman, Indian Parliamentary Committee; Member, Royal Commission on Indian Expenditure, 1895; has been a 460