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COMPANIONAGE. 749 BocQUET,Roscoe,C/..,v;-.C.I.E. 1878. BOILEAU, Col. Francis William, C.B., el. son of the late Maj.-Gen. F. B. Boileau, Bengal Artillery ; 6. 1835 ; entered Bengal Army 1855 and B.S.C. (now I.S.C.) 1861, became Capt. 1867, Major 1875, Lieut. -Col. 1881, and Col. 1885 ; served during Indian Mutiny 1857-9 (thrice wounded, twice mentioned in despatches, medal, twice thanked by Govt.), with Abyssinian j Expedition 1867-8 (medal), and during Afghan War 1878-3 (medal, Brevet Lt.-Col.) : ;//. 1861, Mary Letttia, da. of the late Rev. William Mussage Kirkwall Bradford [see Ridley, Bart., colls.] ; cr. C.B. 1891. BOND, Edward Augustus, C.B., LL.D., .F.vS'..-!., son of the late Rev. John Bond,D.D., of Hanwell; b. 1815; Hon. LL.D. Camb. 1879; was in Public Record Office 1832-8, an Assist, j in Depart, of MSS. British Museum 1838-52, I Librarian of Egerton MSS. 1852-4, Assist. Keeper of MSS. 1854-66, Keeper of MSS. 1866- 78, and Principal Librarian of British Museum 1878-88 ; is Pres. of Palajographical So. ; has j edited for the Rolls Series of Chronicles and other works ; is an Officer of Crown of Italy : tn. 1847, Caroline Frances, da. of the late Rev. Richard Harris Barham, Minor Canon of St. Paul's, and author of the " Ingoldsby Legends"; cr. C.B. 1885. 64, Prince's Square, Baystuater, : W . ; Athenteum Club. BOND, Maj.-Gen. William Dunn, C.B., el. son of the late Robert Bond, Esq., of ; Dullerton House and Glenview, co. Tyrone ; b. 1836 ; entered s8th Regt. 1855, became Capt. 1859, Major 1872, Lieut. -Col. and Col. 1879, and Maj.-Gen. 1890; commanded the Regt. 1879-84 : served in Zulu Campaign 1879, present at battle of Ulundi (severely wounded, mentioned in despatches, medal with clasp and Brevet of Col.), and in Transvaal Campaign 1881 ; was Col. on Staff commanding troops at Natal 1884-6 ; cr. C.B. 1886. Dullerton, Lon- donderry; United Service and Army and Navy Clubs. BOOKER, William Lane, C.M.G., son of the late Thomas Booker, Esq., of London ; b. 1824 : was Acting Consul at San Francisco 1856- 7, Consul for State of California 1857-71, and for States of California and Oregon and for Washing- ton Territory 1871, and Post-office Agent at San Francisco 1852 ; has been Consul-Gen, for States of New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Rhode Is- land, and Connecticut since 1883: ;//. 1881, Eliza- beth French, da. of the late Gilbert Page, Esq., of Moorestown, New Jersey ; cr. C.M.G. 1886. British Consulate, New York ; St. fames'* Clubs. BOOTHBY, Josiah, C.M.G. ; b. 1837; entered Civil Ser. of S. Australia as a Clerk in Office of Colonial Sec. 1853, became Ch. Clerk in Audit Office 1856, and in Office of Ch. Sec. 1859, Assist. Sec. and Govt. Statist 1866, and was Under Sec. and Govt. Statist 1868-80 ; as Executive Commr. represented S. Australia of Paris Univ. Exhibition 1878 (Legion of Honour); cr. C.M.G. 1878. Adelaide, S. Australia. BOPPE, Lucien, ./.., son of the late Mons. Charles Boppe, of Nancy ; b. 1834 ; ed. at the Forest Sch., Nancy ; entered French Forest Service 1856 ; has been Sub-Director and Professor of Forestry in French National Forest School at Nancy since 1881 ; appointed an Officier of the French Academy 1883 ; is a Chevalier of the Order of St. Anne of Russia, and of the Legion of Honour : m. 1869, Therse, da. of Mons. Jules Lamort of Luxembourg ; cr. C.I.E. 1885. Nancy, France. BORLASE, Vice-Adm. John, C.B., son of the late John Borlase, Esq., of Castle Horneck, Penzance ; b. 1811 ; entered R.N. 1826, became Lieut. 1841, Com. 1849, Capt. 1855, Retired Rear- Adm. 1873, and Vice-Adm. 1878; served with Naval Brigade in Crimean Campaign 1854-5, and commanded Rocket party at Inkerman (honour- ably mentioned, medal with two clasps and Turkish medal), in command of a division of gun- boats at capture of Takoo Forts 1860, of Naval Brigade in operations against Chinese rebels 1862 (medal), and of H.M.S. " Pearl " at battle of Kagosima 1863 (Legion of Honour and Medji- die): in. 1864, Jane Troughton, da. of William C. Chads, Esq., of Fareham ; cr. C.B. 1855. Alverton lean, Penzance; United Service Club. BORRADAILE, Col. George William, C.B.; b. 1838 ; ed. at Cheltenham Coll. ; entered R.A. 1857, became Capt. 1865, Major 1875, Lieut.- Col. 1882, and Col. 1886 ; served in Egyptian Campaign 1882 (medal with clasp and 3rd class Medjidie) ; was A. A.G. Bombay, 1884-9 : in. 18 ; cr. C.B. 1882. BORROW, Capt. Frederick Ronald, D.S.O.; b. 1857 ; entered 8ist Regt. 1877, and became Capt. N. Lancashire Regt. 1886 ; served during Afghan War 1878-9, being present at capture of Ali Musjid (medal with clasp), in Soudan Expedition 1884-5 (medal with clasp, bronze star), and with Soudan Frontier Field Force 1885-7, present during operations at Kosheh and action of Ginniss (4th class Osmanieh, mentioned in despatches, D.S.O.), and at Action of Sarras(mentioned in despatches, 3rd class Medjidie) ; cr.D.S.O. 1886. Army and Nazy Club, BOSISTO, Joseph, C.M.G., son of the late William Bosisto, Esq., of Prospect Place, Cookham, Berks ; b. 1824 ; ed.as a Pharmacist ; the original investigator of Eucalyptus vegeta- tion of Australia ; was Member for Richmond in L.A. of Victoria 1874-89, and Pres. of Vic- torian Commn. at Calcutta 1883-4, and at Colonial and Indian Exhibition 1886 ; is M.L.A. of Victoria for W. Richmond, a J.P. for the Colony, a Member of Imperial Institute Com- mittee of Victoria, Pres. of the Technological Commn., and Examiner in Materia Medicaand Botany at Coll. of Pharmacy; cr. C.M.G. 1886. Richmond, Alelbourne, I'ictoria ; ~or- rick Club. BOSTOCK, Dep. Surg.-Gen. John Ashton, C.B. ; b. 1815 ; ed. at Charterhouse, and at Trin. Coll., Camb. ; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1838 ; entered Med. Staff of Army 1842, became Surg. 1854, Surg.-Maj. 1857, and Dep. Surg.- Gen. 1876 ; served with 3rd Buffs at battle of Punniar 1843 (bronze star), and with Scots Guards in Crimea 1854-5 (medal with four clasps, Legion of Honour, and Turkish medal) ; is an Hon. Surg. to H.M. : in. 1856, a da. of Joseph Brook Yates, Esq., of W. Dingle, Liver- pool ; cr. C.B. 1871. 73, Onslnv Gardens, S. II ".; United Service and Army and Navy Clnbs. BOSWELL, Maj.-Gen. John James, C.B.; b. 1835 ; entered Bengal Army 1852, became Capt. 1864, Major 1872, Lieut.-Col. 1871!, Col. 1882, and Maj.-Gen. (retired) 1885 ; served in Meeranzai Campaign 1856, in Indian Mutiny Campaign i857-58(medal), in Eusufzai Campaign 1858, medal, in Hazara Campaign 1868 (clasp), against Bezotis 1869, and in command of 2nd Sikh Infantry during Afghanistan Campaign 1878-80 (twice mentioned in despatches, medal with two clasps and bronze star) ; cr. C. B. 1881. Constitutional and Caledonian United Service (Edinburgh) Clubs. BOURCHIER, Liettt.-Gen. Eustace Fane, C.B., son of the late Capt. William Bourchier, R.N.; b. 1822; entered R.E. 1842, became Capt. 1852, Major and Lieut.-Col. 1855, Col. 1862, Major-Gen. 1873, and Lieut. -Gen. 1873 :