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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Hudson.

Hudson, Brig-General Havelock, C.I.E.1903; C.B. (1914), 19th Bengal Lancers; b. 1862 s. of late Lieut Gen. Sir John Hudson, K.C.B.; entered army, 1881; Captain, 1892; Major, 1901; Lt. Col. 1907; served Second Miranzai Expedition, 1901 (medal with clasp); N.W. Frontier, 1897 (medal and clasp) China, 1900 (despatches, medal, brevet of Major); late Assistant Q.M.G. and Member of Executive Committee, Coronation Durbar, Delhi, 1903; A.A.G. 2nd Div. N. Command, India, 1907-09; General Staff Officer at Head Quarters, 1910. Address: Simla, India.

Hudson, Sir William Brereton; K.C.I.E. (1898); 1843; s. of William Brereton Hudson, An Indigo planter Bihar; commanded the Bihar Light Horse, 1881; Member of the Indian Public-Service Commission, 1886-7; Hon. A.D.C. to Viceroy of India (Lord Lansdown) 1891-1894; Address: Seraha House, Champaran, Bengal; Belmont House, Mullingar, Ireland.

Huddleston, George, C.I.E. (1903), Director, N.G.S.R. Co.; b. 1862; m. Agnes, d of William O’Reilly; Joined Service as General Traffic Manager, East Indian Railway and Lieutenant Colonel (V.D.) of the same Railway Volunteer Corps; retired, 1911. Publications: a history of the East Indian Railway. Address: Kismet, Letchworth, Herts.

Huggins, Lt.-Col. Ponsonby Glenn, C.B., (1909), D.S.O. (1887), Indian Army, (retired); b. 1857; 4th s. of late H. J. Huggins, Chief Justice, Sierra Leone; m. 1883; Elizabeth Sophia (d. 1898); educ: Wurtemberg and Switzerland; Royal Naval School, New Cross; R.M.C Standhurst; Joined service in the Army, 1876: served Afghan War, 1878-79 (medal); 1885-89 (despatches, D.S.O., medal with two clasps); Chin Hills, 1892-93 (clasp): Tirah, 1897-98 (despatches, medal with two clasps); Lt.-Col., 1902; Address: c/o Messrs Parry & Co;, 70, Gracechurch Street, E.C.

Hughes, Maj-Gen. Chas Frederick, C.B.(mil) 1897; Indian Staff Corps; b. 1844; s. of late W. S. P. Hughes of Worcester; m. Elizabeth Forbes, d. of Maj. General George Elliot Ashburner, Sillwood, 1875; educ: Cheltenham Coll.; Addiscombe; joined service in the Bombay Army, 1861; Captain, 1873; Brevet Major and Major, 1881; Lieuti Colonel, 1887; Brevet-Colonel, 1889; served against Foodlee Arabs, 1865-66 (despatches); Afghan War 1878-80, present at battle of Ahmed Kheyl (despatches, medal with clasp, and Brevet. Major); Burmese War, 1886-1887 (despatches, medal, two clasps. Brevet. Col.); Commissary General of the armies of Bombay, Madras, and Bengal in. succession, 1890-95; retired, 1897. Address: Aston House, Newport, near Salop.

Hughes, Col. George Arthur, B.A. M.B., C.M., D.S.O. (1891), Royal Army Medical Corps (retired); b. 1851 5th s. of late James Hughes, Burragh Priven, Rathcormac, Co. Cork; educ. Trin. Coll. Dublin; joined service in army 1877; served Afghan War, 1878; Bechuanaland Expedition, South Africa, 1884; Ashanti Expedition, 1896; Soudan Expedition, 1898 (despatches, D.S.O.); retired, 1905. Address: c/o India Office, London. Club: Army and Navy.

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