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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Hira Lal.

“Epigraphia Indica”; Rai Bahadur, 1910. Address: Jubbulpur, C.P., India.

Hiriyanna, M., M.A. Headmaster, Government Normal School, Mysore; s. of Mr. M. Nunjundiah; b. 1871; educ: at the Maharaja’s College Mysore, and the Madras Christian College; joined the Educational Department of Mysore, and rose to present position, 1906. Address: Mysore City, India.

Hirst, W. A. Principal, Gujerat College, Ahmedabad; b. Huddersfield, 1870; s. of Alfred Hirst, late of Dalton Lodge, Huddersfield; educ: Clifton Coll; Worcester College, Oxford; joined service as Professor of History, Govt. College, Lahore, 1895-96; First Professor, Meerut College, 1896 1902; joined the Gujerat College as Principal, 1902. m. Catherine, d. of George Thompson Hanogate, 1898. Publications: Survey of Ethics; edited Rokeby, with notes, 1904. Address: Gujerat College, Ahmedabad, Bombay Presy., India. Clubs: Junior Conservative; Wheler, Meerut; Himalaya, Mussoorie.

Hobhouse, Sir Charles Parry; 3rd Bt. (1812); b. Calcutta, 1825; 3rd s. of H. W. Hobhouse; S.U. 1869; educ: East Sheen, Rugby (Dr. Arnold) E.I.C. Hailebury; entered I.C.S. Bengal, 1844; Member, Bengal and Imperial Legislative Councils; Judge, High Court, Calcutta; owns 1600 acres; m. 1st, Edith Lucy, d. of Sir T. E. M. Turton, Bt. 1855 (d. 1867); 2nd, Anna Maria, d. of Alexander Sawers, merchant, Calcutta, 1868. Address: Manor House, Monkton Parleigh, Bradford on Avon, Wilts.

Hodges, Rt. Rev. Edward Noel, D.D.; Rector, St. Cuthbert’s since 1907; b. 1849; educ: Queen’s College, Oxford; Ordained, 1873; Tuta Mission College, Islington, 1873-77; joined Service in India as Principal, Noble College, Masulipatani, 1877-86; Trinity College, Candy, 1886-89; Bishop of Travancore and Cochin, 1890 1904; Assistant Bishop to Bishop of Durham, 1904-6; Assistant Bishop of Ely, 1907; m. Alice, d. of Captain Shirreff, 1877. Address: Cuthbert’s Rectory, Bedford.

Hodding, Colonel John, C.I.E. (1903), V.D.; Chief Manager of the Estates of the Hon’ble Sir Khajeh Salimoolah, K.C.S.I, of Dacca, India; b. 1854; m. Mary, d. of Thomas Macgregor of Inverness, 1880; formerly commanding Behar Light Horse. Address: Dacca, Eastern Bengal, India . Club: Sports.

Hodgson, L. C., M.A., Principal, Maharaja’s College, Trivandram, since 1912; succeeded Dr. A. W. Bishop, in the post: since his appointment, the strength of the College as well as the fee income have both shown a considerable increase, and the number of volumes in the library attached to the College has risen to over 10,000. The High School department of the College has been located in a separate building. The students’ hostel has been enlarged affording accommodation to more students and the work of building a new wing to the Chemical laboratory was commenced. The salaries of the Indian and European professors of the College have been equalised, and Honors Courses in English, History and Economics, opened. Address: Trivandram, Travancore State, S. India.

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