Omichund cannot be justified, and his acceptance of large presents from Mir Jafar can only be excused by special considerations of contemporary custom, and their openness.
CLOSE, SIR BARRY, BARONET (1766–1813)
Appointed to the Madras Army in 1771 : besieged at Tellicherry in 1780 by Hyder Ali's troops : conducted boundary negotiations with Tippoo's Commissioners : was present at the sieges of Seringapatam in 1792 and 1799, as Deputy, and Assistant Adjutant-General : his services warmly acknowledged by the C. in C, General Harris : appointed Resident of Mysore in 1799, and Resident of Poona in 1801, remaining there for ten years. He, there, as Resident, negotiated the Treaty of Bassein of Dec. 31, 1802, with the Peshwa, Baji Rao : retired to England in 1811 : created a Baronet : died April 20, 1813.
CLYDE, COLIN CAMPBELL, BARON (1792–1863)
Field-Marshal, son of Colin Macliver, a carpenter : took his mother's name of Campbell : born Oct. 20, 1792 : entered the Army in 1808 : served in Portugal under Sir Arthur Wellesley and Sir John Moore : was in the expedition to Walcheren, 1809 : served in the Peninsular from 1810 to 1813, distinguishing himself by his gallantry : Captain, 1813 : was in Nova Scotia, at Gibraltar, in the W. Indies : Major, 1825 : Lt-Colonel, 1832 : in the China war of 1842 : C.B. : to India in 1846 : Brigadier at Lahore : was engaged in the second Sikh war, at Ramnagar, Chilianwala and Gujarat : commanded the Peshawar Division : K.C.B. in 1849 : commanded the Highland Brigade in the Crimea at Alma, Balaclava : G.C.B. in 1855 : Lt-General, 1856 : D.C.L. of Oxford : went out at a day's notice in July, 1857, to be C. in C. in. India during the mutiny, hurried up reinforcements to Cawnpur, and thence, in Nov. 1857, relieved Lucknow, carrying off the garrison, defeated the rebels at Cawnpur, and, in March, 1858, besieged and took Lucknow on the 19th : subsequently he reduced the rebels of Northern India to submission : General, and made Lord Clyde of Clydesdale, in 1858 : and received a pension from the E.I. Co. : returned to England in 1860 : was one of the first Knight Commanders of the Star of India in 1861 : was made Field-Marshal in 1862 : died on Aug. 14, 1863, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. His military career was one of the greatest of the century : his victories in India and his modest and exemplary character made him a hero to the public.
COBB, JAMES (1756–1818)
Appointed a clerk in the Secretary's office at the India House, March 28, 1771 : became Assistant Secretary, June 2, 1802 : Secretary, Jan. 7, 1814 : between 1779 and 1809, he wrote a large number of pieces of various kinds for the stage : died 1818.
COCKBURN, THOMAS (1763– ? )
Appointed a writer at Fort St. George, 1779 : Member of the Board of Revenue in 1793 : in 1798 Lord Mornington strongly recommended him to the second Lord Clive, then Governor of Madras : in 1801 he was induced by the Court of Directors not to retire : was employed in settling the affairs of the Nawab of Arcot, and gave evidence before the House of Commons Committee on the affairs of the E. I. Co., in 1812. In 1813 he published a brochure in the form of an imaginary speech to be delivered by an M.P. on Legislative Interference in the Conversion of the Indian Population to Christianity.
COCKBURN, SIR WILLIAM, BARONET (1768–1835)
Son of Colonel James Cockburn : born in a camp in 1768 : entered the Army when only 10 years old : in the American war, and a captain at 15 : in India 1790–1802 : in the first Mysore war, and at Seringapatam in 1792, where he acted as Engineer : Lt-General, 1821 : died March 19. 1835.
COCKERELL, HORACE ABEL (1833–)
I.C.S. : born Sep. 19, 1833 : educated at Eton and Haileybury, 1851–2 : went out to Lower Bengal, 1853 : officiating Chairman of the Calcutta Corporation and Commissioner of Police, 1869 and 1872 : Commissioner of several Divisions : Secretary to the Bengal Government, Judicial and Political Departments, 1877–82 :
