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to withdraw from interference with Afghanistan, after rescuing the Kabul captives and restoring British prestige, and eventually sanctioned Sir W. Nott's with-drawal from Kandahar via Ghazni, Kabul and Peshawar. Pollock's Army of retribution forced its way through the Khyber to Kabul, and Afghanistan was evacuated in Oct-Nov., 1842. Ellenborough's bombastic proclamation, on the recovery of the gates of Somnath from Ghazni, exposed him to ridicule. The troops retiring from Kabul were received at Firozpur with exaggerated pomp. He annexed Sind, by means of Sir Charles Napier's victories, in 1842, though the justification for this act has been seriously questioned. He interfered in the affairs of the Gwalior State, where the Army had rebelled and expelled the regent Mama Sahib : he was present at the battle of Maharajpur, Dec. 28, 1843 : a fresh treaty was made with the State. Being disrespectful and out of control, he was recalled by the Court ©f Directors in June, 1844, against the views of the Cabinet : was created an Earl : in 1846 he was made First Lord of the Admiralty, and in 1858, Feb. to June, was again President of the Board of Control. In this capacity, he addressed a despatch to Lord Canning regarding the latter's Oudh proclamation, which the Cabinet disavowed, and EUenborough had to resign his office. During his Indian career, he preferred the military to political officers, and was unpopular with the civilians. His ability and eloquence were brilliant, but his other qualities detracted from his practical usefulness in high office. He died Dec. 22, 1871.
ELLES, SIR EDMUND ROCHE (1848–)
Born June 9, 1848 : son of Malcolm Jamieson Elles : educated privately and at Woolwich : entered the Royal Artillery, 1867 : Colonel, 1891 : Maj-General, 1900 : in the Lushai expedition, 1871–2 : D.A.Q.M.G. of the Indian contingent to Egypt, 1882 : A.Q.M.G. Hazara expedition, 1888 : in the Indian Frontier expedition, 1897 : commanded the Peshawar District, 1895–1900 : Adjutant-General, 1900–1 : second in command of Sir M. Durand's mission to Kabul, 1893 : Military Member of Supreme Council, April 11, 1901–5 : C.B., 1893 : K.C.B., 1898 : K.C.I. E., 1903.
KIDSTON SIR WILLIAM (1837–1896)
Son of Malcolm J. Elles : educated at Sandhurst : entered the 54th regt. : served the Crimea, 1854–5 : in the mutiny, 1857–8, at battle of Cawnpur, defeat of Gwalior contingent, capture of Lucknow, Hazara campaign : Black Mountain expedition, 1868 : Burmese war, 1886–7 : C.B. : A.D.C. to Queen Victoria, 1881–90 : commanded in the Hazara expedition, 1891 : K.C.B. : commanded 1st class district, Bengal, 1890–5 : in command of the Bengal Army, 1895 : Lt-General, 1895 : died at Naini Tal, Aug. 5, 1896.
ELLIOT, EDWARD KING (18II–1865)
Lt-Colonel : entered the Army, 1829 : joined the 43rd N.I. : served in the first Afghan war : was Assistant to Sir H. C Rawlinson in a political capacity at Kandahar : was Deputy Commissioner of Sagar : Judicial Commissioner at Nagpur : Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces : Agent of the Governor-General for Rajputana : died at Nasirabad, Oct. 11, 1865.
ELLIOT, SIR EDWARD LOCKE (1850–)
Born Jan. 28, 1850 : son of Colonel Edward King Elliot : entered the Army, 1868 : and the Indian Staff Corps : became Colonel, 1898 : served in the Afghan war, 1878–9 : Burmese expedition, 1886–7 D.S.O. : Dongola expeditionary force, 1896 : C.B. : Inspr-General of Cavalry in India, 1898 : in South Africa, 1901–2 : K.C.B., 1902 : Maj-General.
ELLIOT, SIR HENRY MIERS (1808–1853)
I.C.S. : son of John Elliot : born March I, 1808 : educated at Winchester : gained his appointment to the E.I. Co.'s Civil Service by open competition, 1826 : served in the N.W.P. : Secretary to the Board of Revenue : Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, 1847 : accompanied Lord Hardinge and Lord Dalhousie to the Panjab : negotiated the treaty with the Sikhs, 1849 : K.C.B : brought out the first volume of a Bibliographical Index to the Historians of Muhammadan India, his materials for The History of India, as told by its own Historians, were edited after his death by Professor John Dowson (q.v.) and Sir E. C. Bayley, (q.v.) : his Memoirs