Commissioner in the Pan jab after its annexation in 1849 : commanded the Guides Corps, 1852 : was removed from his appointment on charges of dishonesty, etc., from which he was exonerated on second inquiry : in the mutiny he was given a commission to raise the irregular cavalry named "Hodson's Horse" : was at the siege of Delhi : after its capture, he seized the King of Delhi at Humayun's tomb : and, on Sep. 22, arrested the princes, whom he shot when their rescue by the native mob appeared imminent : was further engaged near Cawnpur : was killed at the siege and capture of Lucknow, March 12, 1858. His character and actions have been the subject of controversy. The testimony to his brilliant qualities of bravery, energy, coolness, is universal. Lord Napier of Magdala, who, as a contemporary and present, must have known all the circumstances, was always fully convinced of his honour and integrity.
HOERNLE, AUGUSTUS RUDOLF FREDERIC (1841–)
Born Oct. 19, 1841 : son of Rev. T. C. Hoernle, C.M.S. : educated at Stuttgart and Universities of Basel and Tubingen : joined the C.M.S., 1865 : Professor in Jay Narain's College, Benares, 1870 : Principal of the Cathedral Mission College, Calcutta, 1877 : joined the Indian Educational Service, 1881 : Principal of the Calcutta Madrasa, 1881–99 : C.I.E., 1897 : author of Comparative Grammar of the N. Indian Languages : editor of Chanda's Prakrit Grammar, Report on the British Collection of Central Asian Antiquities, and numerous contributions to the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, the Indian Antiquary. etc. : editor of the Bower manuscript : studied archaeology, epigraphy, and paleography.
HOGG, ADAM GEORGE FORBES (1836–)
Born June 18, 1836 : son of Colonel Charles Robert Hogg : educated at Leamington College and Wimbledon : Joined the Bombay Army, 1854 : became Maj-General, 1890 : Lt-General, 1893 : served in the Persian campaign, 1857 : the Indian mutiny, 1858–9 : China war, 1860 : Abyssinian war, 1867–8 : Brevet-Major : Afghan war, 1878–9 : Brevet-Colonel Q.M.G. of the Bombay Army, 1880–5 : Political Resident at Aden, and had command of a 2nd Class District, 1885–90 : C.B., 1886.
HOGG, SIR FREDERICK RUSSELL (1836–)
I.C.S. : born 1836 : son of Sir James Weir Hogg, Bart. : educated at Eton and Haileybury : entered the Indian Civil Service, 1857, and retired, 1889 : Postmaster-General, Panjab, 1863; Bombay, 1867; Bengal, 1868 : Director-General of the Post Office of India, 1880 : C.S.I. , 1888 : K.C.I.E., 1888.
HOGG, SIR JAMES WEIR, BARONET (1790–1876)
Son of William Hogg : born Sep. 7, 1790 : educated at Belfast and Trinity College, Dublin (Scholar) : entered at Gray's Inn, London : said to have been called to the Irish bar : practised at the Calcutta bar, 1814–22 : Registrar of the Supreme Court, Calcutta, 1822–33, when he left India with a large fortune : M.P. for Beverley, 1835–47; for Honiton, 1847–57 : Director of the E. I. Co., 1839 : Chairman in 1846 and 1852, representing, practically, the E. I. Co., in Parliament : made a Baronet, 1846 : refused the Governorship of Bombay in 1853 : nominated, by the E.I. Co., one of the original members of the Council of India in Sep. 1858 : retired in 1872 : Privy Councillor : died May 27, 1876.
HOGG, SIR STUART SAUNDERS (1833–)
I.C.S. : born at Calcutta, 1833 : son of Sir James Weir Hogg, Bart. : educated at Eton : entered the Indian Civil Service, 1853 : served in Political Department, N.W.P., and in the Panjab during the mutiny : attached to General John Nicholson's flying column : transferred to Oudh, and then to Bengal : Commissioner of Police and Chairman of the Calcutta Municipality, 1863–77 : knighted in 1875 on the occasion of the visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales to Calcutta.
HOLDERNESS, THOMAS WILLIAM (1849–)
I.C.S. : born June 11, 1849 : educated at Cheltenham and University College, Oxford : entered the Indian Civil Service, 1872 : Secretary to Government of India in the Department of Revenue and
