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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Firminger.

man long resident in India. Address: Calcutta; c/o Grindlay & Co., 5-1, Parliament Street, S.W. Clubs: Royal Societies; Bengal United Service.

Fischer, Francis Norton, B.A., LL.B., I.C.S., Member Legislative Council, Bihar and Orissa. since 1913; educ; at Fettes Coll; Edinbrugh, and Clare Coll., Cambridge; joined the I.C.S. 1889 served in Bengal as Assistant Magistrate and Collector, etc., until transferred to Bihar and Orissa. 1912. Address: Patna.

Fisher, Frederic Henry, B.A., I.C.S. (Retd.); b. London, 1849; e. C. of late Rev. F. W. Fisher; educ.; Boston Grammar School; and London University; entered I.C.S., 1868; served in N.W. Provs.; Small Cause Court Judge of Dehra Dun, 1874; Officiating Sessions Judge, Caharanpur, 1881; editor of North-Western Provinces Gazetteer, 1881-83; editor. Literary world; retired, 1885. called to Bar, Middle Temple, 1885. Publiations: yprus, Cour New Colony and What we know about it; Afghanistan and the Central Asian Question. Address: Westover, Cobhan Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. Clubs: National Liberal.

Fisher, Thomas, Superintendent, Government Press, Madras: b. 1803; joined service as Deputy Superintendent, Govt. Press; 1889; became Superintendent, 1904. Address; ‘Mint Buildings’, Madras, India.

Fitzpatrick, Sir Dennis, K.C.S.I., 1890; late Lient.-Gov. of Punjab; and afterwards Member of Council of India, 1897; b. 1837; m. 1862, Mary, d. of Col. H. Buller; educ: Trinity College, Dublin; Barr. Inner Temple, 1872; was Resident at Hyderabad, and Secretary to the Government of India; Judge of the Chief Court of the Punjab, and Chief Commissioner of Assam and of the Central Provinces; Member, Public Services Commission; Acting Resident at Mysore, 1877; Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab 1892-7; Member, of the Council of India, 1897. Address: 2, Queen’s Gate Gardens, S.W.

Fitzgerald, Percy Seymour Vesey, C.S.I. 1906; Bombay Pol. Dept. (Retd.); joined Service in Rev. Survey, 1871; Assistant Political Agent, Kathiawar, 1874; Kolhapur; 1884; Mahi Kantha, 1875; Kathiawar, 1877; Baroda, 1878; Kathiawar, 1879; Administrator, Gondal State, 1881: Administrator, Sangli State, 1883; Assistant Political Agent, Kolhapur, 1884; Kathiawar, 1885; Aden, 1890; Political Agent, Sawantwadi, 1893; Mahi Kantha, 1894; Cutch, 1895; Palanpur, 1898: Mahi Kantha. 1901; Kathiawar, 1906; retired, 1910. Address: c/o India Office, Lnodon. Clubs: Carlton, East India United Service.

Fleet, John Faithful, C.I.E. (1884), Ph.,D., late I.C.S.; s. of John George Fleet; b. 1847; educ: Merchant Taylor’s School, and University College, London; joined I.C.S., 1867; served in various capacities including that of Epigraphist to Government of India till 1883; Senior Collector, Magistrate, and Political Agent, Sholapur, 1886-1889; Ag. Commissioner, 1891; Commissioner of Customs, Bombay, 1893; Commissioner, Southern Division, Bombay, 1894-97; retired, 1897. Publications: Inscriptions of the Early Gupta Kings; contributions to Vol. III. Corpus Inscriptionum Indica-

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