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COMPANIONAGE. 835 Medical attendant to H.R.H.the late Duke of Albany 1875-84 ; has been a Groom of the Privy Chamber to H. M. and Clerk of the Robes since 1884 : m. 1880, Cicely Jane Longueville, 2nd da. of Thomas Snow, Esq., M.A., Barrister- at-Law, of Blundelsands, Liverpool; cr. C.B. 1884. Albany Lodge, Esher ; Naval and Military Club. ROYLE, Joseph Ralph Edward John, C.I.E., son of Dr. John Forbes Royle, F.R.S. ; b. 1843 ; ed. at King's Coll., and at Addiscombe ; entered Bengal Infantry 1861 ; served in io;th Regt. and retired as Lieut, on pension through ill-health in 1867 ; was specially employed in India Museum and in various International Ex- hibitions, Sec. to Indian Commn. at Vienna Exhibition 1873, Commr. for Govt. of India at Amsterdam Exhibition 1883, Official Agent for Govt. of India, and Assist. Sec. to Roy. Commn. at Indian and Colonial Exhibition 1886; was a Clerk in Statistical Depart., India Office 1878-91, since when he has been Curator of In- dian Section of Imperial Institute ; is a Knight Com. of Order of Francis Joseph of Austria, and a Knight of Vasa of Sweden : in. 1875, Catherine Mary, da. of G. S. Bishop, Esq.; cr. C.I.E. 1886. Wycliffe Lodge, Bromley Park, Kent. RUDOLPH, Gerhardus Marthinus, C.M.G., son of the late Johann B. Rudolph, of Pieter- maritzburg, Natal ; b, 1828 ; served in Civil Ser. of Natal 1855-73, an l as Civil Commr. in Transvaal, and as Commr. to Zulu and Swazi countries 1873-80, since when he has been Resi- dent Magistrate at Ladysmith, Klip River Div. ; speaks with fluency the languages of the Dutch, Zulus, and Swazies, and during the Zulu War rendered great service to British officers ; after battle of Ulundi materially assisted to raise Col. Villiers' force of Burghers and natives ; in 1880 was a Commr. to survey and fix Swazi and Transvaal boundary lines (mentioned in despatch of Sir GarnetWolseley); was a prisoner to the Boers from commencement to end of Transvaal War ; appointed a member of Natal Native Commn. 1881 ; in 1884 employed on a special Mission to the Boer Lager in Zululand to confer with the Boers regarding the Zulu country ; was a Commr. of Special Court of Zululand appointed to try Zulu chiefs concerned in the outbreak of 1888, and in 1889 a Commr. to inquire into destruction of property alleged to be caused by fires from locomotive engines on Natal Govt. Railways ; cr. C.M.G. 1882. Ladysmith, Natal. RUNDALL, Gen. Francis Hornblow, C.S.I., son of the late Col. Charles Rundall, H.E.I.C.S.; t>. 1823 ; entered Madras Engineers 1841, became Capt. 1854, Lieut.-Col. 1861, Col. 1869, Major- Gen. 1869, Comdt. 1876, Lieut. -Gen. 1878, and Gen. 1887 ; served as Inspector-Gen, of Irriga- tion and Dep. Sec. to Govt. of India : in. 1846, Fanny Ada, who d. 1889, da., of the late Capt. William Gardner Burn, 3rd Dragoons ; cr.C.S.l. 1875. RUNDALL, Major Frank Montagu, D.S.O., son of Gen. Francis Hornblow Rundall, C.S.I. ; b. 18-1 ; ed. at Marlborough Coll. ; entered j 49th Regt. 1872, and B.S.C. (now I.S.C.) 1874, | became Capt. 1884, and Major 1892 ; --erved during Burmah War i886-7_ (medal with cla'sp), with Chin-Lushai Expedition 1889-90 (men- tioned in despatches, clasp), in operations in Chin Hills 1890-91 as Political Officer (men- tioned in despatches), and in Manipur Expedi- tion 1891 (mentioned in despatches) : m. 1876, Emily Rosa, el. da. of the Rt. Rev. Edward Henry Bickersteth, D.D., Lord Bishop of Exeter; cr. D.S.O. 1891. Junior United Ser- vice Club. RuNDLE,/,zVA-CW.HenryMacleod Leslie, D.S.O. , son of the late Capt. Joseph Sparkhall Rundle, R.N.; b. 1856 ; ed. at Roy. Mil. Acad., Woolwich ; entered R. A. 1876, and becameCapt. and Brevet-Major 1885, and Brevet Lieut.-Co!. 1889 ; served during Zulu Campaign 1879-80, present at battle of Ulundi (mentioned in de- spatches, medal with clasp), during Transvaal Campaign 1880-1 (wounded, mentioned in de- spatches), with Egyptian Expedition 1882, pre- sent at battle of TeJ-el-Kebir (medal with clasp, bronze strr), and in Nile Expedition 1884-5 (mentioned in despatches, clasp, 3rd class Med- jidie, Brevet Major), with Frontier Field Force 1886-7, in command of Mounted Troops at action of Sarrass (mentioned in despatches, 3rd class Osmauieh), and at action of Toski 1889 (men- tioned in despatches, Brevet Lt.-Col.) ; has been attached to Egyptian Army since 1883: in. 1887, Eleanor Georgina, el. da. of Capt. H. Montgomery-Campbell, R.A., of Thurmaston Hall, Leicestershire ; cr. D.S.O. 1887. Army and Navy Club. RUSSELL, Gen. Lord Alexander George, C.B. [see D. Bedford]. RUSSELL, Col. Francis Shirley, C.M.G. , son of the late James Russell, Esq., of Aden, Aberdeenshire ; b. 1840; ed. at Radley, and at Balliol Coll. Oxford (B.A. honours 1862) ; entered I4th Hussars 1863, became Capt. 1868, Major 1874, Lieut.-Col. 1881 (transferred to ist Dragoons 1882), and Col. 1885 ; served during Ashanti War 1874 (medal with clasp, Brevet-Maj .) , in Zulu War 1879, present at battle of Ulundi (medal with clasp), and in Boer War 1 880-81 ; was Instructor of Tactics. Roy. Mil. Coll. Sandhurst 1875-6, employed in Intelligence Depart. 1878-9, and Mil. Attache at Berlin 1889-91 ; unsuccessfully con- tested Aberdeenshire, E. Div. (L U) 1892 : tn. 1888, Philippa, da. of the Rt. Hon. Henry Baillie, M.P., of Redcastle, Inverness-shire ; cr. C.M.G. 1891. Aden House, Aberdeenshire; Buchan-NessCottage, A berdeenshire; A rtlntr's, United Service, Turf, and Army and Navy Clubs. RUSSELL, Henry Chamberlain, C.M.G., F.R. S., son of the Hon. Bourn Russell, M.L.C. of New South Wales ; b. 18 ; appointed Govt. Astronomer of New South Wales 1870 ; has designed a variety of astronomical instruments ; author of " Memoirs on the Transit of Venus and the Australian Eclipse Expeditions, 1875," and of numerous other scientific papers and re- ports ; cr. C.M.G. 1890. The Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales. RUSSELL, Col. Horatio Albert, C.B., son of Richard Tyler Russell, Esq., of H.M.'s Ordnance Office, Woolwich; b. 1829; entered Ordnance Depart. 1845, became Dep. Comy.- Gen. of Ordnance 1880, Hon. Col. 1885, and Corny. -Gen. (retired) 1887 ; served throughout Crimean Campaign 1854-5 (medal with two clasps and Turkish medal), in W. Canada during the Fenian Raids of 1866, and at Quebec until its final evacuation by the Imperial Troops in i88i,and as Corny. -Gen. of Ordnance in Egyptian Campaign 1882 (medal, mentioned in despatches, and and class Medjidie) ; was Assist, to Director of Artillery and Stores at War Office 1878-81 ; was Ordnance-Store Officer at Portsmouth 1885-7 : "* ist > Catherine Voyle, who d. 1870 ; 2nd, 1872, Elizabeth, da. of D. D. Young, Esq., of Morton Lodge, Quebec; cr. C.B. 1882. Long Leat, Lennox Road, Sout/isca. RUSSELL, Thomas, C.M.G.; b. 1830; formerly Defence Minister, New Zealand ; cr. C.M.G. 1877. 59, Eaton Square, S.W. RUTHERFORD, George, C.M.G., son of the late George Rutherford, Esq., a solicitor