defeated him, Aug. 17, 1799, at Shikarpur, expelling him from Mysore : died, much regretted by General Wellesley, at Hyderabad, Dec, 1800.
DALRYMPLE, WILLIAM LISTON (1816–)
Born June 29, 1845 : educated at High School, Edinburgh, Wimbledon and Sandhurst : joined 44th regt., 1863, and 88th Connaught Rangers, 1864 : passed Staff College, 1873 : served at Ashanti, Bermuda, D.A.A., and Q.M.G., Northern District : A.A.G., Colonial Forces, South Africa, 1878 : Brig-Major S. Africa Field Force, 1879 : Military Secretary to Lord Lytton when Viceroy of India, 1880 : A.Q.M.G. of India, 1883–4 : D.Q.M.G., India, 1891–3 : Brig-General. India, 1893–8 : C.B., 1893 : retired.
DALTON, EDWARD TUITE (1816–1880)
Entered the Army, 1835 : in expeditions against frontier tribes of Assam, 1839–40, and 1842 : commanded an expedition and captured the Mishmi chief who had murdered the French missionaries Kirk and Bourry on the Tibetan frontier : Commissioner of Chota Nagpur in 1858 : with the Field Force against the Palamau rebels, and in 1858–9 against the Singbhum insurgents : C.S.L : Maj-General, 1877 : died Dec. 30, 1880 : wrote The Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal, 1872.
DALTON, JOHN (1725–1811)
Son of Capt. James Dalton of the 6th regt. : born 1725 : appointed to Hanmer's Marine regt., 1741 : 2nd Lt. of Marines on the Preston, 1743 ' to Fort St. David, 1745 : the French took Madras, 1746 : the Marine regts. being reduced at the peace with France, Dalton joined the Independent Companies under Admiral Boscawen (q.v.) : became a Captain in the E.I. Co.'s service : in the expedition to Devikota, 1749 : Muhammad Ali, son of Anwaruddin, late Nawab of the Carnatic, fled on his father's death to Trichinopoly and applied to the English for help : Dalton was in the force sent to his aid : was in the retreat at Volkonda, June, 19, 1751 : at Wootatoor and at Kistnavaram : in the fighting on behalf of Muhammad Ali against Chanda Sahib (q.v.) near Trichinopoly : Dalton made Commandant there, Jime, 15, 1752, to keep it for Muhammad Ali against the Dalwai (the Regent of Mysore), and Morari Rao the Mahratta : defended it with great skill and coiurage against famine, treachery, blockade and the French also : relieved by Major Stringer Lawrence, May, 6, 1753, and again Sep. 21 : resigned the E.I. Co.'s service March I, 1754. and returned to England : died July 11, 1811.
D'ALVIELLA, COUNT GOBLET (1846–)
Born Aug. 10, 1846 : educated at Brussels and Paris : LL.D. of the University of Glasgow : Hibbert Lecturer at Oxford, 1891 : accompanied H.M. King Edward VII, then H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, on his Indian tour in 1875–6 : Author of Inde et Himalaye, 1877 : Contemporary Evolution of Religious Thought in England, America and India, 1885 : Ce que l'Inde doit a la Grece, 1897, etc.
DALY, SIR HENRY DERMOT (1821–1896)
Son of Lt-Colonel Francis Dermot Daly : born Oct. 25, 1821 : joined the first Bombay European regt. in 1840, became Adjutant, was present at the fighting at Multan in 1848, in the second Sikh war, at Gujarat on Feb. 22, 1849, and in the pursuit of the Sikhs : in 1849 he raised the first Panjab Cavalry and saw service on the frontier, against the Afridis, and under Sir Colin Campbell in 1852. In the mutiny he commanded the Guides' Cavalry in their march of 580 miles in 22 days from Mardan to Delhi : was at the siege of Delhi, at the capture of Lucknow in March, 1858, and in the Oudh campaign : in 1861 he commanded the Central India Horse, and in 1871 was made Agent to the Governor-General for Central India : K.C.B., 1875 : C.I.E., 1880 : General in 1888 : G.C.O., 1889 : retired in 1882 : died July 21, 1895.
DALY, HUGH (1860–)
Born 1860 : son of Sir H.D. Daly (q.v.) : entered Gloucestershire regt. 1881 : joined the Indian Staff Corps : Captain, 1892 : served in Burmese expedition, 1886–7 : Superintendent of the Northern Shan States, 1888 : C.I.E. : Assistant, and, later, Deputy-Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department : Major and C.S.L, 1903 : Agent to the Governor-General for Central India, 1905–
