Dictionary of Indian Biography/Browne, Sir James
BROWNE, SIR JAMES (1839–1896)
Born Sep. 16, 1839: son of Robert Browne: educated at Cheltenham and Addiscombe: appointed to the Bengal Engineers, 1857: served in the N.W. Frontier campaign against the Mahsud-Waziris, 1860, in the Umbeyla campaign, 1863: Executive Engineer in the Panjab: in 1876 surveyed for a railway from Sukkur to Quetta: Political Officer at Quetta: in the Afghan war, 1878–9, Political with Sir D. Stewart's advance to Kandahar: C.S.I. 1879: in Egypt, in 1882, commanded the Royal Engineers of the Indian Contingent: at Tel-el-Kebir: C.B. 1882: superintended the construction of the Indus bridge, 1875: Engineer in Chief of the Sind-Peshin railway, 1883–7: Q.M.G. in India, 1889–90: Chief Commissioner of British Beluchistan, March, 1892: died there, June 13, 1896: K.C.S.I: General.