See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE TOMKYNS See also:

• CHESNEY, CHARLES CORNWALLIS (1826-1876)
• CHESNEY, FRANCIS RAWDON (1789-1872)
• SIR GEORGE TOMKYNS CHESNEY (1830-1895)

CHESNEY (1830-1895)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, See also:

• BROTHER

brother of See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel C . C . See also:

• CHESNEY, CHARLES CORNWALLIS (1826-1876)
• CHESNEY, FRANCIS RAWDON (1789-1872)
• CHESNEY, SIR GEORGE TOMKYNS (1830-1895)

Chesney, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• TIVERTON

Tiverton, See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire, on the 3oth of See also:

• APRIL

April 1830 . Educated at Blundell's school, Tiverton, and at Addiscombe, he entered the See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

Engineers as second See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in 1848 . He was employed for some years in the public See also:

• WORKS

works See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department and, on the outbreak' of the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

Mutiny in 1857, joined the Ambala See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column, was' See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field engineer at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Badli-ke-serai, See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade-See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major of engineers throughout the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• DELHI, DEHLI

Delhi, and was severely wounded in the See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault (See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal and clasp and a See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

brevet See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority) . In 186o he was appointed See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a new department in connexion with the public works accounts . His See also:

• WORK

work on Indian Polity (1868), dealingwith the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of the several departments of the Indian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, attracted wide See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention and remains a permanent See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text-See also:

• BOOK

book . The originator of the Royal Indian See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• ENGINEERING

Engineering See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College at See also:

• COOPER
• COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
• COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
• COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
• COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
• COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
• COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
• COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
• COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
• COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)

Cooper's See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill, See also:

• STAINES

Staines, he was also its first See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president (1871-1880) . In 1871 he contributed to See also:

• BLACKWOOD, WILLIAM (1776-1834)

Blackwood's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine, " The Battle of See also:

• DORKING

Dorking," a vivid See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of a supposed invasion of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England by the Germans after their victory over See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . This was republished in many See also:

• EDITIONS

editions and See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations, and produced a profound impression . He was promoted lieutenant-colonel, 1869; colonel, 18i7; major-general, 1886; lieutenant-general, 1887; colonel-commandant of Royal Engineers, 189o; and general, 1892 . From 1881 to 1886 he was secretary to the military department of the government of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, and was made a C.S.I. and a C.I.E .

From 1886 to 1892, as military member of the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor-general's See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, he carried out many much-needed military reforms . He was made a C.B. at the See also:

• JUBILEE (or JUBILE), YEAR OF

jubilee of 1887, and a K.C.B. on leaving India in 1892 . In that See also:

• YEAR

year he was returned to See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, in the Conservative See also:

• INTEREST

interest, as member for See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, and was chairman of the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of service members of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons until his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 31st of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1895 . He wrote some novels, The See also:

• DILEMMA (Gr. &Xuµua, a double proposition, from bi- and aµ(36.vetv)

Dilemma, The Private Secretary, The Lesters, &c., and was a frequent contributor to periodical literature .