INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
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10 lakhs in the famine of 1897 and remitted a large amount of land revenue to his ryots; made advances to cultivators in the famine of 1905 and allowed them to repay it by easy instalments; started a school for girls, the first of its kind in Bundelkhand; made education free in his State, the government undertaking even the supply of books and defraying other expenses of those who go up for University Examinations; area of the State, 2,080 square miles; population, over 300,000; revenue, over 7 lakhs; entitled to a personal salute of 17 guns. Address: Tikamgarh, Bundelkhand, Central India.
Ormond, Earnest William, B.A., Bar-at-law, Judge, Chief Court, Lower Burma; s. of Rev. John Ormond; b. 1863; educ: Dover College, Oppingham, and New College, Oxford; passed B.A., 1835; called to Bar, (Inner Temple), 1887; practised Law for some time; joined service as 3nd Judge, Small Causes Court, 1893; became Chief Judge, 1901; appointed as Judge, Chief Court, Lower Burma, 1913. Address: Rangoon, Burma.
Ottley, Colonel Sir John Walter, C.I.E. (1892), K.C.I E ( 1904), M.Inst.C.E., late R.E.; b. Malligaum (Bombay Presidency), 1811; e.s. of late Major Thomas Henry Ottley; m. Emily, d. of late Henry William Dobell (some time Comptroller-General of H.M. Customs); educ: Royal Grammar School, Lancaster; privately in England and abroad, and at R.M.A., Woolwich; entered R.E , 1864; rose to the rank of Colonel, 1895; served as Brigadier-General, Engineer-in-Chief with the Tirah Expedition, 1897-98 (despatches, medal and two clasps); formerly Inspector General of Irrigation in India; President, R.I.E. College, 1899-1907; Knight of the Grace of the Order of Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Address; Leyton, Eastbourne. Club: United Service.
Owen, Lieut.-Colonel Charles William, B.A. (Paris), L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., C.M.G. (1867), C.I.E. (1887), I.M.S. (retired); s. of A. S. Owen; b. 1853; educ: at Merchant Taylor School; joined I.M.S. in Bengal, 1876; Assistant to Sanitary Commissioner to Government of India, 1877; Professor of Opthalmic and Aural Surgery, 1878; Personal Assistant to Sir D. M. Stewart, and Sir F. S. Roberts in the Afghan War, 1879-80; Residency Surgeon, Jeypore, 1883-84; Surgeon to C.in.C. India, 1889-1892; Medical Adviser to Maharaja of Patiala, 1892-1901; retired, 1904. Address: The Horns, Hankham, Westham, Sussex. Clubs: Naval and Military.
Owen, Sydney James, M.A.; Reader in Indian History, Oxford University; b. 1827; educ: Repton School and Worcester College, Oxford; called to Bar (Lincoln’s Inn), 1871; came out to India as Professor of History, Elphinstone College, Bombay, 1856-60; Tutor in Law and Modern History, Magdalen College, Oxford, 1863-80; Examiner in the Law and History School, the Honour School of Modern History, and the Oriental School. Oxford; Reader in Indian Law at Oxford, 1864. Publications: Occasional Notes on Indian Subjects (privately printed); The
