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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

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derabad ; joined the M^'sore State service as Probationary Assistant Superintendent of Police, 1897 ; on plague duty on the frontiers of the Chitaldroog District, 1898 ; on plague duty in Mysore, 1899 ; was Assistant Superintendent of Police, French Rocks,etc.; became Superintend- ent of Police, 1904 '. on special duty in Mysore during the marriage of His Highness as also during the visit of Lord Curzon in connection with the installa- tion of His Highness ; again on special duty in Mvsore during the visit of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1906 ; promoted as Assistant Commis- sioner and posted as Superin- tendent of Police, Mysore ; organised the " Sri Krishna Railway Police Gymnasium " for the cultivation of athletics by the police force ; started a co-operative society among the Muhammadans of Kola-Kalum- ru which has now developed into the " Zahir-ul-Islam Co- operative Society ". Publica- tions ; " Urdu pamphlet on Plague ", subsequently translat- ed into English at the cost of the State and distributed broad- cast. Becreations : Gymnasium. Address : Mysore, India.

Macdonnel), Antony Palrick, Ist

Baron, (1908), P.C., (190^) G.C.S.L, (1879); (KC.I.E., (1893); K.C.V.O., (1803) C.S.I. , (1888); .s-. of Mark Ganey Macdonnell of Shagh ; b. 1844 ; educ : Queen's College, Galway ; entered B.C.S., 1865 ; Secretary to Government of Bengal, and Member, Bengal Legislative Council ; Secretary to Government of India (Home Department); acting Chief Com- missioner, Burmah, 1889 ; Chief Commissioner, Central Provin-

��ces, 1891 ; acting Lieutenant- Governor of Bengal, 1893 I Lieutenant-Governor of North West Provinces and Chief Com- missioner of Oudh, 1895-1901 ; for sometime Member of the Council of India ; Under Secretary for Ireland, 1902-08 ; Hon'ble D.C.L. Oxford, 1907; raised to Peerage as Baron Macdonnel of Swin- ford, 1908 ; m. Henrietta, d. of Ewen Macdonnel, 1875. Address : 3, Buckingham Gate, S.W. Clubs: Reform, and St. Stephens.

Macdonaldi Sir James Ronald Lesli", K.C.I.E. (1904), C. B. (1901) ; b. 1862 ; s. of Surgeon- Major K. James Macdonald ; edvc : at Aberdeen University and Woohvhich ; entered the Royal Engineers, 1882 ; served in the Hazra expedition, 1888 ; in the Uganda Railway Survey, 1891-2 ; Commissioner, Uganda Protectorate, 1893 ; command- ed the operations there, 1897- 8 ; in charge of British opera- tions at Fashoda, 1896 ; com- manded the Juba expedition, 1898-9 ; Brevet-Lieutenant Colo- nel in the China expedition, 1903- 4 ; Commandant of Presidency Brigade, Calcutta, 1905 ; Luck- now Infantrv, 1907 ; Troops in Mauritius, 1909. Addiiss : Head Quarter House, Mauritius ; Club : Junior United Service.

Macdonald. Ran Bay ; Secretary, Labour Party ; Journalist ; an elltectivo writer on economic subjects ; a speaker of great force ; married a daugiitcr of Mr. Gladstone ; tal<('s active interest in Indian politics ; was a member of the Uoyal Public Services Commission in India, 1912. I'vblvation-- : "Awakening of India." Adnii^s: No 3- Lin- colns Inn Fields, London.

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