Tasmania, Bermuda: K.C.M.G., 1869: died April 17, 1887.
BROWNLOW, SIR CHARLES HENRY (1831–)
Born 1831: son of Colonel George A. Brownlow: entered the Indian Army: served in the Panjab campaign, 1848: Hazara, 1852–3: Mohmand expedition, 1854 (severely wounded): Yusafzai expedition, 1858: China war, 1860: Umbeyla campaign, 1863: C.B.: Hazara, 1868: commanded the Southern column, Lushai expedition, 1871–2: K.C.B.: A.D.C. to the Queen, 1869–81: Assistant Military Secretary at Horse Guards, 1879–80: G.C.B. 1887: retired.
BRUCE, CHARLES ALEXANDER (1793–1871)
Born Jan. 11, 1793: at Jorehat, Assam: was the first explorer of tea tracts in Assam, and discoverer of the indigenous tea plant in Assam: was appointed Superintendent of Tea cultivation under the Government of India until the tea industry was adopted by private enterprise, as stated on a memorial tablet to him in the Church at Tezpur: wrote a report on the manufacture of tea, and on the export and produce of the tea plantations in Assam, 1839: died April 23, 1871.
BRUCE, JOHN (1745–1826)
Historian: educated at Edinburgh University, and Professor of Logic there: appointed Keeper of the State Paper Office, and Historiographer of the E. I. Co.: M.P. for a borough in Cornwall, 1809–14: and for a short time Secretary of the Board of Commissioners for the affairs of India, i.e. the Board of Control: F.R.S: died April 16, 1826. He wrote on philosophy as well as history: his chief works relating to India were Historical View of Plans for the Government of British India, 1793: Annals of the E. I. Co. from their establishment by the Charter of Queen Elizabeth, 1600, to the Union of the London and English E. I. Companies, 1707–8, 1810: Report on the Renewal of the E. I. Co.'s exclusive Privileges of Trade for 20 years from March 1794–1811.
BRUCE, SIR HENRY LE GEYT (1824–1899)
Entered the Army 1842, in the Bengal Artillery: in the Gwalior campaign, at Maharajpur: in the Satlaj campaign, 1845–6: at Badiwal, Aliwal, Sobraon: in the Panjab campaign, 1848–9; at Sadulapur, Chilianwala, Gujarat: in the mutiny at the second relief of Lucknow, at Cawnpur and many engagements: C.B. 1875: retired as Lt-General, 1878: K.C.B.: 1898: died April 15, 1899.
BRUCE, RICHARD ISAAC (1840–)
Born 1840: son of Jonathan Bruce: served in the Afghan war, 1878–9: on the N.W. Frontier of India: at Daulatzai, 1884: in the Zhob Valley expedition, 1890: co-operated in the opening of the Gomal Pass, 1890: British Commissioner of the Afghan-Waziristan Delimitation Commission, 1894: at Wano, 1894: in Waziristan, 1894–5: a Commissioner in the Panjab: author of a Gazetteer of Dera Ghazi Khan, and a manual of Beluchi: a History of the Marri-Beluch tribe: of The Forward Policy and its Results.
BRUTTON, NICHOLAS (1780–1843)
Entered the Army, 1795: went to India: at Seedaseer, 1799, and at the siege of Seringapatam, May 4, 1799: in the Canara campaign; under Lord Lake, 1804–5: at the siege of Bhartpur, 1805: under General St. Leger on the Satlaj, 1809: in the Pindari campaigns of 1812 and 1817: in the Nipal war of 1815: at the siege of Hatras: retired in 1837 from the 11th Hussars, as Lt-Colonel: died March 26, 1843.
BRYANT, SIR JEREMIAH (? –1845)
Maj-General: appointed to E. I. Co.'s Army, 1798: served in Oudh: in the Mahratta war: in Bundelkund: at Deeg, 1804: Town and Fort Major, Fort William, 1815: Judge Advocate General, 1817, 1824: in the Dekkan war: at Bhartpur, 1826: knighted, 1829: C.B.: commanded the 14th N.I., 1835: Director E. I. Co., 1841: died June 10, 1845.
BRYDGES, SIR HARFORD JONES, BARONET (1764–1847)
In the E. I. Co.'s Civil Service: son of Harford Jones of Presteign: born Jan. 12, 1764: assumed the name of Brydges from his mother's family: Envoy to Persia, 1807–1811: Baronet in 1807: resigned in 1811: D.C.L., 1831: Privy Councillor: died March 17, 1847: wrote on Persian affairs and his mission.
