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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Gibson.

Gibson, Raymand Evelyn, I.C.S, Private Secretary to H. K. the Governor of Bombay; educ: at Winchester and New College, Oxford; entered I.C.S. 1902; Assistant Collector and Magte., Bombay. Address: Government House; Bombay, India.

Gidumal, Dayaram, B.A. LL.B., C.S., retired Dist and Sessions Judge, Bombay; joined service as Probationer; appointed Assistant Collector, 1885; special duty for compiling a Jaghir record for Sind, May 1885-April 1886; First Assistant, 1896; Acting Assistant Judge, Ahmedabad; and Sessions Judge, 1897. Publications: “A Jaghir Record for Sind”; “The Life and Life-Work of Behramji M. Malabari”.

Gidhour, Maharaja of; His Highness Sir Ravaneshwar Prasad Singh Bahadur, K.C.I.E. (1895); is a Rajput of the Chandrabansi clan; b. 1860; Member, Legislative Council, Bengal, 1893-95; again elected thrice. 1895-97, 1901-08, and 1903 respectively; has been a Member of the District Board; is an Honorary Magistrate; Member, B.I. Association; title of Maharaja Bahadur made hereditary, 1877; Heir , Kunwar C. M. P. Singh; Address: Gidhour, Monghyr, Behar, India.

Gifford, Major G. G., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Madras; b, 1867; appointed to Indian Medical Service as Surgeon, Station Hospital, Secunderabad, 1890; has been Professor of Mid-wifery in the Madras Medical College and also Superintendent of the Government Maternity Hospital, Madras, since 1906; appointed Medical Officer in charge of the ‘Hospital ship’ from Madras in connection with the War in Europe; proceeded to the front, November 1914. Address: Pantheon Road, Egmore, Madras.

Giles, Edward, M.A., C.I.E. 1901; b. 1849; 4th s. of late Ven. Archdecon Giles, Cannon and Precentor, Lincoln Cathedral; m. Rose Ethel Louise, o.d. of late Gen. Sir J. W. Schneidet, K.C.B.; 1878; educ: Westminister School; Christ Church, Oxford; rowed against Cambridge, 1871; entered Indian Education Department, as Professor of History and Political Economy, Elphinstone Coll., Bombay, 1873; Inspector of Schools, 1875; Member, Bombay Legislative Council, 1897-1102, 1904, 1906-7; Director of Public Instruction, Bombay, 1897-1907; Officiating Director General of Education, India, 1907-8; retired, 1908; Address: c/o H. S. King and Co., 9, Pall Mall, S.W. Club: United Service (Simla), Byculla (Bombay) and Western India, (Poona).

Giles, Robert. M. A. (Cantab), C.I.E. (1899); b. 1846; s. of late Archdeacon Giles, Precentor of Lincoln; educ; at St. John’s College, Cambridge; B.A, 1861; M.A. 1879; m. Isabel, d. of General Thom, I.M.S., 1885; joined service in Sind; Collector of Karachi, 1895; acted repeatedly as Commissioner in Sind, 1896-1900; confirmed in that appointment; retired, 1902. Address: Ash, Stedham, Midhurst, Sussex. Club: East India United Service.

Gillman, Hon’ble Hebert Francis Webb I.C.S., Madras; Ag Member, Board of Rev, Madras, since 1914. educ; at the Emmanuel College, Cambridge; entered service as Assistant Collector and Magte., 1888; acted in various mofussil stations in various capa-

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