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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Kinloch.

Kinloch, Major-General Alexnder Angus Airlie, C.B. (1893), D.L., (retired); b, Sidmouth, 1838; e.s. of late Colonel John Grant Kenloch of Logie and Kilrie; m. Constance Emma Mary, d. of late Fred Beckford Long, 1867; educ; Royal Military Acdemy , Woolwich; joined Army in Rifle Brigade, 1855; to King Royal Rifle Crops, 1871; D A.A.G. for musketry, India, 1870-77; D.A.Q.M.G. throughout Afghan war, and afterwards in India; mentioned in despatches; Brevets of Major and Lieutenant-Colonel; medal and 2 claps; commanded 2nd and 4th Batt, K.R.R. and afterwards three 2nd class districts in India,' and 1st Brigade Chitral Relief Force (medal and clasp); retired with honorary rank of Major-General, 1895; Owns about 2000 acres. Publications: Large Game Shooting in Thibet, the Himalayas Northern and Central India, Recreations: shoooting, fishing, and hawking. Address: Logie, Kirriemuir, N.B. Club: Army and Navy.

Kipling, John Lockwood, C.I.E., (1886). Indian Educational Service retired; b. Pickering, 1837; e.s. of late Rev Joseph Kipiing; m. Alice, d. of late Rev. G. B. Macdonald, 1865; educ. Woodhouse Grove; Architectural Sculptor Bombay School of Art, 1865-75; Principal, Mayo School of Art, Curator Central Musom, Lahore, 1875-93. Pulication: Beast and Man in India Address: The Gables, Tisbury, Salisbury.

Kipling Rudyyrd; LL.D., Hon. D.Litt, another, awarded Noble, Prize for Literature, 1907; b. Bombay, 1865; s. of J. Lookwood Kipling, C.I.E.; m. Caroline Starr Balestier, 1892, educ; 1892; United Services Coll., Westward Ho, N. Devon; Assist. editor, Civil and Military Gazette and Pioneer, 1882-89; travelled in China, Japan, America, Africa, and Australasia. Publications: Departmental Dittes; Plain Tales from the Hills; Soldiers Three, In Black and White, The Story of the Gadsbys, Under the Deodars, Phantom Rickshaw; Wee Willie Winkie; Life’s Handicap, The Light that Failed; Barrack-Room Ballads, Many Inventions, The Jungle Book; Second Jungle Book, The Seven Seas, Captains Caurageous, The Day’s Work, Stalky and Co, From Sea to Sea (reprint of newspaper articles), The Five Nations, Traffics and Discoveries, Puck of Pook’s Hill, Actions and Reaction, Rewards and Fairies. Address: Bateman’s Burwash, Sussex, Club: Athenxum.

Kirk, Sir Henry Alexander, K.C.I.E., (1912), C I.E, (1909), Director-in-Chief, Indo-European Telegraph Department, India Office since 1902; b. 1847; s. of late K. W. Kirk, M.D., H.E.I.C.S.; educ; Edinburgh Academy and University; joined service as Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph 1870; on telegraph operation during Bengal Famine, 1874; on special duty constructing telegraph lines in Rohilkhand for Prince of Wales, 1876; on Northern Afganistan Field Force telegraphs including Investment Sherpur, 1879, returned to India, 1880 (despatches, medal with clasp, special acknowledgment services by Viceory); on special duty Viceregal Assemblage, Rawalpindi, 1885; in charge of Telegraph Workshops, Calcutta, 1885: thanks of Govt. of India in connection with provision of Military Telegraph Equipment, 1895; Director, 1900; retired, 1902; Senior Delegate from India

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