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SIR JOHN WILLIAM KAYE (1814-1876)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 703 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:JOHN See also:WILLIAM See also:KAYE (1814-1876)  , See also:English military historian, was the son of See also:Charles See also:Kaye, a See also:solicitor, and was educated at See also:Eton and the Royal Military See also:College, Addiscombe . From 1832 to 1841 he was an officer in the See also:Bengal See also:Artillery, afterwards spending some years in See also:literary pursuits both in See also:India and in See also:England . In 1856 he entered the See also:civil service of the See also:East India See also:Company, and when the See also:government of India was transferred to the See also:British See also:crown succeeded See also:John See also:Stuart See also:Mill as secretary of the See also:political and See also:secret See also:department of the India See also:office . In 1871 he was made a K.C.S.I . He died in See also:London on the 24th of See also:July 1876 . Kaye's numerous writings include See also:History of the See also:Sepoy See also:War in India (London, 1864-1876), which was revised and continued by See also:Colonel G . B . See also:Malleson and published in six volumes in 1888-1889; History of the War in See also:Afghanistan (London, 1851), republished in 1858 and 1874; See also:Administration of the East India Company (London, 1853); The See also:Life and See also:Correspondence of Charles, See also:Lord See also:Metcalfe (London, 1854); The Life and Correspondence of See also:Henry St See also:George See also:Tucker (London, 1854); Life and Correspondence of See also:Sir John See also:Malcolm (London, 1856); See also:Christianity in India (London, 1859); Lives of See also:Indian See also:Officers (London, 1867); and two novels, Peregrine Pultney and See also:Long engagements . He also edited several See also:works dealing with Indian.affairs; wrote Essays of an Optimist (London, 187o) ; and was a frequent contributor to See also:periodicals .

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