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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Harnam Das.

Court, Ajmere, 1890 to 1892; District Magistrate, Kheri, 1892 to 1896: Extra Assistant Commissioner, 2nd grade, and Judge, Small Cause Court, 1896; 1st grade Extra Assistant Commissioner, 1902; services lent to Marwar Durbar; junior Member, Mahakme khas, (1904-1907); again on foreign service, 1911; Rai Bahadur, 1910. Address: Jodhpur, India.

Har Narain Shastri, Mahamahopadhyaya, Professor of Sanskrit Litrature and Theology, Hindu College, Delhi; b. 1870; educ; at Delhi, Bareilly and Benares; passed the Highest Sanskrit Examn, 1890; passed the Diploma in English, 1897; Mahapadeshak and Sahitya Bushan conferred on him by Bharat Dharma Mahamandal; Examiner, Punjab University, 1901; Member, Asiatic Society of Bengal, and the Bharat Maha andal. Address: Delhi, India.

Harris, 4th Baron (of Seringapatam and Mysore.and of Belmont, Kent, 1815), George Robert Canning, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., D.L., J.P.; A.D.C. to the King; b. 1851; s. of 3rd Baron; S. father, 1872; educ: Eton; Christ Church, Oxford; Under-Secretary for India, 1885-1886; Under Secretary for War, 1886-89; Governor of Bombay, 1890-95; A.A.G. for Imperial Yeomanry in England, 1900; in S.Africa. 1901; a well-known cricketer; Hon Col. 4th Batt. The Buffs; Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria, 1895-1900; owns about 4,700 acres; m Lucy Ada Jervis, C.I., d. of 3rd Viscount St. Vincent, 1874; Heir & son; Hon; George St. Vincent Harris, q.v. Address: Belmont, Eaversham, Kent. Clubs: Carlton, Cavalry.

Harrison, Francis Capel, C.S.I. (1909), Comptroller, Auditor-General, and Head Commissioner of Paper Currency, Cal cutta; b 1863; educ; Rugby; Balliol College, Oxford; joined I.C.S. 1884; served in the executive department in Bengal for five years and then entered the financial department; Deputy Accountant Gen. Madras, 1897: N.W. Provinces and Oudh, 1899; Bombay. 1904; Head Commr of Paper Currency, 1908; Indian Correspondent of the Economic Journel. Publications: numerous papers on currency matters. Recreations: shooting, fishing, golf. Address: 6, Charles Street, Mayfair, W. Clubs: Wellington, Savile.

Hart-Davies, Thomas, F.R.G.S.; I.C.S., (retired); s. of late Ven. Archdeacon Hart-Davies; educ: Marlborough; Pembroke College, Oxford; Joined I.C.S., 1869; served in all the various lower grades and was transferred to Sind, where he was Educational Inspector, Assistant Commissioner, and Manager of Estates; became Judge of Karachi, and Acting Judicial Commissioner; retired, 1897; contested Rotherhithe, 1900; travelled eight times round the world; M.P.(L.) North Hackney, 1906-1910. Publications: translations from Russian works, and short stories for magazines. Clubs: Reform, East India United Sevice, Savile.

Hartnell, Sir Henry Sullivan, Kt.,(1914); I.C.S., Bar-at-Law; Judge, Chief Court, Lower Burma; educ; at Extra Grammar School and Trinity College, Oxford; called to the Bar, 1898; joined service, as Assistant Commissioner. Burma, 1883; Dy. Commissioner, 1890: Commissioner, 1902; Judge, Chief

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