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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Clayton.

service as Assistant Commissioner, 1897; Deputy Commissioner, 1912, Address: Rangoon, Burma.

Clegg, R. B., I.C.S., joined service, 1884; Arrived in India, 1885; Assistant Collector and Magistrate; acted in various capacities including that of the District and Sessions Judge; became Collector and Magistrate, 1900; Ag. Fourth Member, Board of Revenue, Madras, and Add. Member, Legislative Council, Madras, 1898; on special duty for a short period, 1909; Collector and Magistrate, Coimbatore; Ag. 4th Member, Board of Revenue; for sometime President, Board of Examiners, 1912; 2nd Member, Board of Revenue, Madras. Address: Jarrett’s Garden, Egmore, S.C., Madras, India.

Cleghorn, Surg.-Gen. James, (retired, 1898); C.S.I., M.S., M.D. (1897); Hon. Surgeon to King; Fellow of Allahabad Univ.; b. Wick, 1841: 3rd s. of John Cleghorn; Educ: Edinburgh Univ.; Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, M.D. St. Andrews, 1862; L.R.C.S. Edinburgh: entered Indian Medical Service, 1865: appointed Director General, Indian Medical Service, and Sanitary Commissioner with Government of India , 1895-98; was made Hon Surgeon to H.M.; Government of India delegate to Venice Plague Conference, 1897; Bhotan Campaign, 1865 (medal). Publications: various papers to medical journals. Recreations: fishing. Address: Weysprings, Halesmere, Surrey. Club: East India United Service.

Clerk, Hugh Edward; retired Chief Engineer and Secretary to Government of Madras; b. 1859; Joined service, as Assistant Engineer, 1880; Chief Engineer, Travancore State, 1906; received an honorarium of Rs. 500 from the State; Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of Madras, 1907; retired, 1909. Address: Co. India Office, London.

Clerk, Col. John, C.V.O. 1896; C.S.I. 1889: s. of late Sir George Russell Clerk, G.C.S.I; served Crimea, with Rifle Brigade, 1854-55 (medal with two clasps, Turkish medal): subsequently exchanged into 4th Dragoon Guards; was guardian to H.H. the Nizam, 1874-76; was Extra Equerry to Queen Victoria and late Duke of Saxe-Coburg; Comptroller and Treasurer to Princess Henry of Battenberg, 1885-99. Address: 33, Elm Park Gardens, S.W. Club: Carlton.

Cleveland, Sir Charles Rait, C.I.E. (1906), K.C.I.E., (1911), I.C.S. , Director, C.I.D., educ, Christ’s College, Finchley and Balliol Coll, Oxford; Joined Service as Assistant Commisionner, 1887 Inspector-General of Police, 1903 Director, C.I.D., 1910; Address: Simla, India.

Cleveland, H. F., Major, I.M.S. Selected by His Majesty the Amir of Afghainstan as Surgeon at Kabul; b. 1863; joined I.M.S. 1889; Address: Kabul.

Cleysten, M.; President, Appellate Court, Pondicherry, S. India.

Clogstoun, Herbert Cunningham, C.I.E.; Political Assistant, Rajaputana; b. 1857; s. of Major H. M. Clougstoun, V.C., late Indian Army; m. Emily (d. 1907), d. of Major-Gen. Hoseason, late Madras Army; Educ: Wellington College; Bengal Police, 1882-1887; Special service with Government of Bengal, 1887-91; Foreign Department, Government

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