INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
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France. Address: 5, Chester Gate, Regent’s Park, N.W.
Lingaraj, Urs, H. (see Urs, Lingaraj.)
Low, Charles Rothbone, F.R.G.S., Indian Navy; s. of Major F. H. Low of the 39th Bengal N.I.: b. Dublin, 1837; great g.s. of the 45th Viscount Boyne, and 17th in direct lineal descent from King Edward I. of England, and 11th from King James II, of Scotland; joined the Navy, 1853: was engaged in suppressing piracy and slave trade in Indian and China Seas, Persian Gulf, Red sea, and the East Coast of Africa; was the first Librarian and Assistant Secretary, Royal United Service Institution, 1865-68; represented the Indian Navy at the Thanksgiving Ceremony in St. Paul’s for the recovery from illness of the Prince of Wales (late Emperor Edward VII), 1872; at the Jubilee Service of Empress Victoria, 1887; in the Funeral Procession of Her late Majesty Empress Victoria; at the Coronation of late Emperor Edward VII; and also in the Funeral Procession of late Emperor Edward VII; is a Referee to Royal Geographical Society. Publications: Tales of Old Ocean; Land of the Sun; History of the British Navy; Life and Voyages of Captain James Cook; History of the Indian Navy; Life of Field-Marshall Sir G. Pollock; Life of Lord Roberts; History of the British Army; Great African Travellers; Her Majesty’s Navy; Britannia’s Bulworks; and a large number of articles contributed to various magazines. Address: Lownavla, Lansdowne Road, Bournemouth; 36, Buckingham Gate, S.W. Club: East India United Service.
Lucknow, 2nd Bishop of; Right Rev. George Herbert Wetscott, M.A.; 4th s. of late Right Rev. Brook F. Westcott, D.D., D.C.L., Lord Bishop of Durham: b. 1864; educ: Marlborough and St. Peter’s College, Cambridge; passed B.A., 1885; M.A., 1889; Ordained, 1886; Priest, 1887, came out to India as S.P.G. Missionary at Cawnpore, 1889; Honorary Canon, Lucknow, 1906; Bishop of Lucknow from 6th November 1910. Address; Lucknow, India.
Lukis, Surgeon-General Sir Charles Pardey, M.B., C.S.I., (1910); K.C.S.I., (1911); F.R.C.S. (Eng.), Director-General, I.M.S. India; educ: St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; was Principal of the Medical College, Calcutta; First Physician, College Hospital, Calcutta; Director General, Indian Medical Stores, since 1910; is an Additional Member, Imperial Legislative Council, India. Address: Delhi and Simla, India.
Lumsden, General Sir Peter Stark, K.C.B., (1879); G.C.B., (1885); C.S.I. (1870); b. 1829; s. of Col. T. Lumsden, C.B., educ: Addiscombe; joined Indian Army, 1847; served in N.W. Frontier Campaign, 1851-4; on special mission to Kandahar, 1857-8, served in the Central India Campaign, 1858; China War, 1860; with Bhutan Field Force, 1865; D.Q.M.G., 1864-8; Q.M.G., 1868-73; acting Resident at Hyderabad, 1873; Adjutant-General, 1874-9; Chief of the Staff
