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CLYDE 337 action), and at Goojerat. K.C.B. 5 June 1849. ^" the Crimean war he commanded the Highland brigade; was personally thanked by Lord Raglan for his conduct at the battle of the Alma, 20 Sep. 1 8 54, and was entrusted with the defence of Balaklava, when he successfully resisted a Russian assault in force, 25 Oct. 1854. Major Gen. 1854; Col. of the 67th Foot 1854-58; of the 93rd Foot 1858-60; and of the Coldstream Guards i860 till his death; Lieut. Gen. 1856; Gen. 1858. He was thanked by Pari., and cr. G.C.B. 5 July 1855; Inspector Gen. of Infantry 1856-57; cr. D.C.L., Oxford, 24 June 1857; made free of the city of London Dec. i860. From June 1857 till i860 he was Commander in Chief in India, where he succeeded in quelling the Sepoy mutiny, storming the Dilkoosha Palace and the Secunder Bagh at Lucknow in Nov. 1857, which city he finally captured in Mar. 1858, completing the re-conquest of the Doab, Rohilcund, and Oude. On 1 6 Aug. 1858 he was cr. BARON CLYDE OF CLYDESDALE, in Scotland, and received (again) the thanks of Pari, in 1859; K.S.I. 25 June i 861 ; and Field Marshal in Nov. 1862, on the majority of the Prince of Wales. He was also a Grand officer of the French Legion of Honour; a Knight Grand Cross of the Sardinian Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, and ist class of the Turkish Order of the Medjidie. He d. unm., aged 70, at the Government House, Chatham, 14, and was l>ur. 22 Aug. 1863, in Westm. Abbey, when his honours became extinct.(^) Will pr. 7 Sep. 1863, under ^'70,000; re-sworn, Oct. 1867, under /|ioo,ooo. CLYDESDALE i.e. "Clydesdale," Marquessate [S.] {Hamilton), cr. 1643 with the Dukedom of Hamilton [S.], which see. (') The great Marquess of Dalhousie seems to have somewhat underrated his capacity. He writes on 7 Apr. 1855, "He was always a very gallant fellow, most attentive to his men, active, hale, and well-spirited. I daresay he will now make a good divisional officer; but I have known and heard much of him, and I do not believe him capable oi high command." "He had an old fashioned fatherly courtesy, which, joined to his great reputation, made him very fascinating. . . . He was a very remarkable looking man, lionlike in appearance. His grizzled hair stood up stiff and curly: hard work, climate and anxiety had ploughed deep furrows in his face, and in every line one read power and determination." [Many Memories of many People, by M. C. M. Simpson, 1898, p. 103). "In person," says The Times, "Lord Clyde was well-knit, symmetrical and graceful . . . To the last his teeth remained full and firm in the great square jaws, and his eye pierced the distance with all the force of his youthful vision. His crisp grey locks still stood close and thick, curling over the head above the wrinkled brow, and there were few of the external signs of the decay of nature . . . women admired and men were delighted with the courteous, polished, gallant old soldier , . . He rose by the mere force of sterling ability, complete knowledge of his profession, sound sense, high honour, and an honest, industrious, and laborious performance of duty." V.G. 43