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1874–9 : Chief of the Staff in India, 1879 : A.D.C. to Queen Victoria, 1870– 81 : Member of the Council of India, 1883–93 : British Commissioner for the demarcation of the N.W. boundary of Afghanistan, 1884–5 : C.S.I. , 1870 : K.C.B., 1879 : G.C.B., 1885 : D.L. : J. P. : author of Lumsden of the Guides, 1899.

LUNDGREN, EGRON SELLIF (1815–1875)

A Swedish artist : born Dec. 18, 1815 : studied art at Stockholm and Paris : in the Indian mutiny he accompanied Sir Colin Campbell in his Oudh campaign : made 500 sketches and many portraits, which were exhibited in England, and sold : he published Letters from India : died at Stockholm, Dec. 12, 1875.

LUSHINGTON, CHARLES (1785–1866)

I.C.S. : son of Sir Stephen Lushington, Bart. : born 1785 : arrived in India, 1801 : Assistant in the Governor-General's office, 1804 : Deputy Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Departments in 1809 : Secretary in the Public Department, officiating in the S.P. and F. Depts. : Private Secretary to the Governor-General (Mr. John Adam) in 1823 : Chief Secretary to the Government of India, 1825 : Acting Superintendent of the Botanical Garden, 1826 : member of a number of Committees : retired in 1827 : was M.P. for Ashburton, 1833–41, and for Westminster, 1847–52 : died Sep. 23, 1866 : published a History of Calcutta's Religious Institutions, 1824 : his first wife wrote a narrative of her Journey from Calcutta to Europe, by Way of Egypt in 1827–8, 1829.

LUSHINGTON, EDWARD HARBORD (1822–1904)

I.C.S. : son of the Right Hon. Stephen Lushington : entered the Bengal Civil Service, 1841 : Magte.-Collr. : Secretary to the Board of Revenue : Commissioner, during the mutiny, of Burdwan, with Manbhum and Singhbhum attached : present in engagements with mutineers, and wounded : Commissioner of the Nadia Division : Secretary to the Government of Bengal, 1861 : Secretary to the Government of India in the Financial Department, 1863, until he left India in 1869 : retired, 1871 : Treasurer of Guy's Hospital for many years : died Oct. 29, 1904.

LUSHINGTON, SIR JAMES LAW (1779–1859)

Son of Rev. James Stephen Lushington, and brother of Stephen Rumbold Lushington : entered the Madras Army in 1797, and rose to be a full General, 1854 : was a Director of the E. I. Co., 1827, and Chairman of the Court in 1838, 1842, 1848 : M.P. for many years : died May 29, 1859 : G.C.B.

LUSHINGTON, STEPHEN RUMBOLD (1776–1868)

I.C.S. : son of Rev. James Stephen Lushington : born May, 1776 : educated at Rugby : went to Madras, 1790 : Secretary and Persian Translator to the Board of Revenue in 1798 : Private Secretary to General (Lord) Harris when C. in C. at Madras and Acting Governor : left the E. I. Co.'s service in 1807 : M.P. for Rye, 1807–12 : and for Canterbury, 1812–30 : Chairman of Committees in the House of Commons: Joint Secretary of the Treasury, 1824–7 : Privy Councillor, 1827 : Governor of Madras, Oct. 1827–Oct. 1832 : again M.P. for Canterbury, 1835–7 : D.C.L. : died Aug. 5, 1868 : wrote a life of his father-in-law, Lord Harris, 1840.

LYALL, SIR ALFRED COMYN (1835–)

I.C.S. : son of Rev. Alfred Lyall : born 1835 : educated at Eton and Haileybury : entered the Bengal Civil Service, 1855 : in the Indian mutiny saw service in the Bulandshahr District, at Meerut, and with the Khaki Risala of volunteers : Commissioner in Berar, 1867 : Secretary to the Government of India in the Home, 1873–4, and Foreign, 1878–82, Departments : A.G.G. for Rajputana, 1874–8 : Lieutenant-Governor of N.W.P., 1882–7 : Chancellor of the Allahabad University : Member of the Council of India, 1888–1903 : author of Verses written in India, British Dominion in India, Asiatic Studies, Life of Warren Hastings (English Men of Action series). K.C.B., 1881 : G.C.I.E.: 1896 : D.C.L., Oxford : LL.D., Cambridge, P.C., 1902.