proving the condition of the people. He laboured to obtain the passing of the Parsi Matrimonial and Succession Act. He visited England on three occasions, lectured before the East India Association, and gained the high opinion of many prominent Englishmen : an influential member of the Municipality of Bombay : C.I.E. in 1884 : died Sep. 22, 1885.
FURSE, GEORGE ARMAND (1834–)
Colonel : born Aug. 21, 1834 : son of William Henry Furse : educated privately and abroad : joined 42nd Highlanders, 1855 : served in the Crimea and the Indian mutiny : present at siege of Lucknow; on special service : to Ashanti, 1873–4 : A.D.C. to C. in C. Bombay, 1874–8 : A.A.G., Soudan expedition, 1884–5 : C.B., 1887 : author of several works on military transport and administration.
FYERS, SIR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS (1816–1895)
General : joined the Army, 1834 : at the capture of Karachi : Captain in the 40th regt. in the Afghan war, 1841–2, under Nott at Kandahar and Kabul, and in the return to India : in the Crimea : in the mutiny, commanded a battalion at Cawnpur : at the capture of Lucknow : died Nov. 10, 1895 : K.C.B.
FYLER, LAWRENCE (1809–1873)
Maj-General : served in the 16th Lancers in the first Afghan war : was at Maharajpur, 1843 : in the Satlaj campaign of 1845–6 : at Badiwal and Aliwal (severely wounded) : with the 3rd Lancers in the Panjab campaign, 1848–9 : in the Crimea with the 12th Lancers : retired 1860 : C.B., 1869 : died Sep. 21, 1873.
FYTCHE, ALBERT (1820–1892)
Born 1820 : son of John Fytche : educated at Rugby and Addiscombe : joined the Bengal Army, 1839 : served in Arakan against the Wallengs, 1841 : entered the Arakan Commission, 1845 : in the Panjab campaign, 1848–9 : at Chilianwala and Gurajat : severely wounded : Deputy Commissioner of Bassein, 1853 : constantly engaged against the Burmese : Commissioner of Tenasserim, 1857 : Chief Commissioner of British Burma, March, 1867–March, 1871 : negotiated a Treaty with the King of Burma : Maj-General, 1868 : C.S.I : died June 17, 1892 : wrote Burma Past and Present, 1878.
GALBRAITH, SIR WILLIAM (1837–)
Born 1837 : son of Rev. John Galbraith of Tuam : entered the 85th regt., 1855 : Lt-Colonel, 1879 : Colonel, 1883 : Maj-General, 1893 : served in Afghan war as A.A.G., 1878–80 : Hazara expedition, 1888 : A.A.G. and Q.M.G. Ireland, 1882–6 : commanded 2nd class District India, 1886–90 : Adjutant-General in India, 1890–5 : commanded Quetta District, 1895–9 : retired, 1899 : K.C.B. , 1897.
GALLOWAY, SIR ARCHIBALD (1780?–1800)
Maj-General: son of James Galloway : joined the 14th Bengal N.I. in 1800 : served in several regiments : Colonel of the 58th N.I. in 1836 : was in the defence of Delhi and at the siege of Bhartpur : member of the Military Board : C.B., 1838 : K.C.B., 1848 : Chairman of the Court of Directors of the E. I. Co., 1849 : died April 6, 1850 : wrote several works on India, among them on Muhammadan Law : Observations on the Law and Constitution of India, 1825; Notes on the Siege of Delhi in 1804, etc.; on Sieges in India and on the Government of India, 1832.
GALLWEY, SIR THOMAS JOSEPH (1852–)
Born April 14, 1852 : son of Henry Gallwey : educated at Stonyhurst and Royal University, Ireland : entered the Army Medical Department, 1874 : and became Colonel, 1898 : served in the Afghan war, 1878–80 : the Egyptian expedition, 1882; Kassassin and Tel-el-Kebir, the Soudan expedition, 1884–5; Dongola expedition, 1896 : C.B. : Nile expedition, 1897–8 : P.M.O., South Africa, 1899–1901 : K.C.M.G. : P.M.O., India, since 1902.
GAMBIER, SIR EDWARD JOHN (1794–1879)
Son of Samuel Gambler, nephew of Baron Gambler : born in 1794 : educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge : Fellow : called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1822 : a municipal corporation Com-
