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See also:- BROWNE
- BROWNE, EDWARD HAROLD (18,1–1891)
- BROWNE, ISAAC HAWKINS (1705-1760)
- BROWNE, JAMES (1793–1841)
- BROWNE, MAXIMILIAN ULYSSES, COUNT VON, BARON DE CAMUS AND MOUNTANY (1705-1757)
- BROWNE, PETER (?1665-1735)
- BROWNE, ROBERT (1550-1633)
- BROWNE, SIR JAMES (1839–1896)
- BROWNE, SIR THOMAS (1605-1682)
- BROWNE, WILLIAM (1591–1643)
- BROWNE, WILLIAM GEORGE (1768-1813)
BROWNE, See also:SIR See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES (1839–1896) , Anglo-See also:Indian engineer and See also:administrator, was the son of See also:Robert Browne of See also:Falkirk in See also:Scotland. He was educated at the military See also:college, Addiscombe, and received a See also:commission in the See also:Bengal See also:engineers in 1857. He served in the expedition against the Mahsud Waziris in 186o, being mentioned in despatches, and in 1863 in the Umbeyla See also:campaign, when he was three times mentioned. In See also:January 1875 he became See also:superintendent of See also:works for the See also:building of the See also:Indus See also:bridge. In 1877 he was promoted See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel, and in 1878–1879 accompanied Sir Donald See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart as See also:political officer during the Afghan See also:War. He took See also:part in several engagements, was mentioned in despatches, and received the C.B. In 1881 he became colonel, and in 1882 commanded the Indian engineer contingent sent to See also:Egypt, being See also:present at the See also:battle of Tell-el-Kebir. For his services in Egypt he received the 3rd class of the Osmanieh See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
Order and the See also:khedive's See also:star. In 1884 he was appointed engineer in See also:chief of the See also:Sind-Pishin railway. In 1888 he was made a K.C.S.I. and in 1889 quartermaster-See also:general for See also:India. In 1892 he was appointed See also:agent to the See also:governor-general in See also:Baluchistan, in See also:succession to Sir Robert See also:Sandeman, his intimate experience of the Baluchis, gained during his railway See also:work, having specially fitted him for this See also:post. He died suddenly on the 13th of See also:June 1896. Sir James Browne was a See also:man of splendid courage and physique, and many tales are told of the See also:personal prowess which, together with his sym-
pathetic knowledge of the natives, made him a popular See also:hero among the frontier tribesmen.
See General McLeod Innes, The See also:Life and Times of Sir James Browne (1905).
End of Article: BROWNE, SIR JAMES (1839–1896)
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