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inactive in Lucknow until Sir Colin Campbell arrived in Nov. : he fell ill and died at the Dilkusha on Nov. 24, 1857, before his Baronetcy and pension reached him. They were both granted to his son, and an annuity to his widow. His statue is in Trafalgar Square.

HAVELOCK, WILLIAM (1793–1848)

Eldest son of William Havelock, and brother of Sir Henry Havelock (q.v.) : born Jan. 23, 1793 : educated at Charter-house, and privately : joined the 43rd regt. in 1810 : served with it in the Peninsula, as A.D.C. to Count Alten, and at Waterloo : showed gallantry in action at the second combat of Vera in Oct. 1813 : called by the Spaniards 'the fair boy' : went to India with the 4th Dragoons : A.D.C. to Sir C. Colville, when C. in C. at Bombay : Military Secretary to Lord Elphinstone, when Governor of Madras : commanded the 14th Light Dragoons, under Lord Gough : in the second Sikh war : killed in a charge at Ramnagar on Nov. 22, 1848.

HAVELOCK-ALLAN, SIR HENRY MARSHMAN, BARONET (1830–1897)

Eldest son of Sir H. Havelock (q.v.) : born at Chinsura, Aug. 6, 1830 : educated at St. John's Wood, London : joined the 39th regt. in 1846 : went out to India, 1848 : suffered from sunstroke and felt it all his life : in the Persian war, 1857 : at Muhamra : was A.D.C. to his father when commanding the relief column at Cawnpur : in several actions: won the V.C. at Cawnpur : July 16, 1857, leading the 64th regt. against severe fire : D.A.A.G. to the force from Cawnpur to the relief of Lucknow, Sep. 1857 : recommended by Outram for the V.C. : wounded : received a Baronetcy in Jan. 1858, for the services of his father (died Nov. 24, 1857) : D.A.A.G. to Brig-General Franks (q.v.), at the siege of Lucknow : further engaged against the rebels, and in the Oudh campaign : Brevet-Major and Lt-Colonel : in the Maori war 1863–4 : C.B., 1866 : A.Q.M.G. in Canada, 1867–9 : M.P. for Sunderland, 1874–81, and for a Division of Durham county, 1885–92, and in 1895 : added the name of Allan to his own, 1880 : Lt-General, 1881 : K.C.B., 1897 : went to India to see the frontier fighting and troops in Afghanistan in 1897 : shot by the Khyberis near Ali Masjid, Dec. 30, 1897 : he wrote on military subjects.

HAVILLAND, THOMAS FIOTT DE (1775–1866)

Colonel : son of Sir Peter de Havilland, Kt. : born April 10, 1775 : entered the Madras Engineers, 1793 : at the siege of Pondicherry, 1793 : the capture of Ceylon, 1795–6 : served against Tippoo, 1799, and, under Baird in Egypt, 1801 : there surveyed Lake Mareotis, and the Cairo-Suez desert for water : captured by the French when returning to India, 1803 : Superintending Engineer at Seringapatam, 1804 : Chief Engineer and Architect for Madras, 1814–25 : built the Madras Cathedral and Presbyterian Church : also, by 1822, the sea-wall : carried out other important works : after retirement, in 1825, became, until 1855, a Jurat of the Royal Court of Guernsey : died Feb. 23, 1866.

HAY, REV. JOHN, D.D. (1812–1891)

Born April 23, 1812 : son of Patrick Hay of near Aberdeen : educated at Aberdeen University : M.A., 1833 : in 1839 joined the Madras Mission of the L.M.S. : and the staff of the British and Foreign Bible Society about 1883 : D.D. of an American University about 1881 : Fellow, Madras University, 1888–9 : made benefactions to the native community, Vizagapatam : wrote religious works and articles in missionary periodicals : for about 20 years took a leading part in the revision of the Telugu translation of the Bible.

HAYES, SIR JOHN (1767–1831)

Commodore, Indian Navy : constantly engaged in active service as Midshipman and Lieutenant in the Indian and Eastern seas from 1782 : attached to the land forces in the war against Tippoo, 1790–1 : commanded two vessels on a voyage of discovery in the Eastern Archipelago and to Australia : in 1797 on a mission to the Hakim of Somniana : fought an action with pirates at the Gulf of Cutch, severely wounded : in 1800 took Vengorla from pirates : performed more varied service at the Moluccas, at Ternate, in the Celebes, at Sumatra became, 1807, Deputy, and, 1809, Master Attendant at Calcutta : in the expedition to Java in 1811 as Commodore : commanded the armed flotilla