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at the siege of Hatras, 1817 : in the Pindari war, 1817–18 : commanded the Artillery in Arakan in the first Burmese war, 1824–5 : C.B., 1831 : General in 1859 : K.C.B., 1862 : died Jan. 22, 1872.

LINDSAY, HON. CHARLES ROBERT (1784–1835)

I.C.S. : born Aug. 20, 1784 : son of the sixth Earl of Balcarres : arrived in Calcutta as a writer, 1803 : assistant to the Magistrate of Sylhet, 1806–10 : nearly the whole time engaged against the incursions of KuUian Sing, a native chief of marauders : employed at Dacca and the 24 Parganas : Agent in charge of the Salt Monopoly, 1811–34 : on a voyage for health to Singapore, died there July 4, 1835.

LINDSAY, CHARLES ROBERT (1826–1895)

Born Jan. 18, 1826 : son of Colin Lind say, of the Balcarres family : educated at Haileybury, 1842–4 : went out to India, 1845 : employed in the N.W.P. : in Rohilkund, as Magistrate-Collector and Judge of Fatehghar, Judge and Commissioner of Gorakhpur : Judge, of the Sadr Court at Agra : Judge of Moradabad : Judge of the Chief Court of the Panjab, 1870–80 : retired, 1880 : died Feb. 23, 1895.

LINTON, SIR WILLIAM (1801–1880)

Son of Jabez Linton : born 1801 : educated at Edinburgh University : joined the Army Medical Department, 1826 : M.D. of Glasgow : Staff Surgeon, 1848 : served in Canada, W. Indies, etc., in the Crimea as D.I.G. of hospitals : C.B. : in the Indian mutiny was Inspr-General of Hospitals, and P.M.O. of the European Army : retired, 1863 : K.C.B., 1865 : died Oct. 9, 1880.

LITTLE, SIR ARCHIBALD (1810–1891)

Son of Archibald Little : born 1810 : educated at Charterhouse : entered the Army, 1831 : with the 9th Lancers in the Satlaj campaign, 1846 : at Sobraon : Brig-General of Cavalry at the relief of Lucknow : at the Dilkusha and at Cawnpur on Dec. 6, 1857 : at the actions of Serajghat and Khudaganj : Colonel of nth Hussars, 1873–5, and of 9th Lancers after 1875 : K.C.B., 1870 : General, 1880 : G.C.B. : died June 10, 1891.

LITTLER, SIR JOHN HUNTER (1783–1856)

Son of Thomas Littler : born Jan. 6, 1783 : educated at Acton, near Nant-wich : joined the loth Bengal N.I. in 1800 : captured by a French privateer on his outward voyage : served in Lord Lake's campaigns of 1804–5 : in Java, 1811–16 : Assistant Commissary General, 1816–42 : Maj-General in 1841 : commanded the Agra Division, 1843, and a Division at Maharajpur, 1843 : K.C.B. : in 1845 commanded the Firozpur Division : offered battle, which they avoided, to the Sikhs, when they crossed the Satlaj in Dec. 1845 : commanded a Division at Firozshahr : G.C.B., 1849 : Member of the Supreme Council in India, Feb. 1848, to Dec. 1852 : Deputy-Governor of Bengal, March, 1849, to Jan. 1852 : retired as Lt-General : Colonel of the 36th N.I. : died Feb. 18, 1856.

LOCKHART, SIR GREME ALEXANDER SINCLAIR, BARONET (1820–)

Born Jan. 23, 1820 : son of Robert Lockhart : succeeded his cousin in the Baronetcy, 1899 : educated privately : entered the Army, 1837 : served in the Persian war, 1857, and in the Indian mutiny, 1857–8 : entered Lucknow with Havelock's force : commanded his regiment at Lucknow : C.B.

LOCKHART, SIR WILLIAM STEPHEN ALEXANDER (1841–1900)

Son of the Rev. Lawrence Lockhart : born Sep. 2, 1841 : joined the 44th Bengal N.I. in 1858 : became General in 1896 : served in the mutiny, with the 5th Fusiliers, in Oudh in 1858–9 : in Bhutan, in 1864–6 as Adjutant : in the Abyssinian campaign of 1867–8 : D.A.Q.M.G. in the Hazara expedition, 1868 : served in Achin with the Dutch, 1875–7 : in the Q.M.G.'s department in Afghanistan, 1878–80 : at Kabul and in the Khyber : D. Q.M.G., Intelligence Branch, 1880–5 : sent to Chitral : Brigadier in the Burma war, 1886–7 : K.C.B. : C.S.I. : Assistant Military Secretary for Indian affairs at the Horse Guards, 1889–90 : commanded the Panjab Frontier Force, 1890–5 : in the Miranzai, Isazai, Waziristan expeditions, in command : K. C.S.I. : commanded 40,000 men in the Tirah expedition, 1897 :