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See also:CHESNEY, See also:SIR See also:GEORGE TOMKYNS (1830-1895) , See also:English See also:general, See also:brother of See also:Colonel C. C. Chesney, was See also:born at See also:Tiverton, See also:Devonshire, on the 3oth of See also:April 1830. Educated at Blundell's school, Tiverton, and at Addiscombe, he entered the See also:Bengal See also:Engineers as second See also:lieutenant in 1848. He was employed for some years in the public See also:works See also:department and, on the outbreak' of the See also:Indian See also:Mutiny in 1857, joined the Ambala See also:column, was' See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field engineer at the See also:battle of Badli-ke-serai, See also:brigade-See also:major of engineers throughout the See also:siege of See also:Delhi, and was severely wounded in the See also:assault (See also:medal and clasp and a See also:brevet See also:majority). In 186o he was appointed See also:head of a new department in connexion with the public works accounts. His See also:work on Indian Polity (1868), dealingwith the See also:administration of the several departments of the Indian See also:government, attracted wide See also:attention and remains a permanent See also:text-See also:book. The originator of the Royal Indian See also:Civil See also:Engineering See also:College at See also:- COOPER
- COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
- COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
- COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
- COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
- COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
- COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
- COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
- COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
- COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
- COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)
Cooper's See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, See also:Staines, he was also its first See also:president (1871-1880). In 1871 he contributed to See also:Blackwood's See also:Magazine, " The Battle of See also:Dorking," a vivid See also:account of a supposed invasion of See also:England by the Germans after their victory over See also:France. This was republished in many See also:editions and See also:translations, and produced a profound impression. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel, 1869; colonel, 18i7; major-general, 1886; lieutenant-general, 1887; colonel-commandant of Royal Engineers, 189o; and general, 1892. From 1881 to 1886 he was secretary to the military department of the government of See also:India, and was made a C.S.I. and a C.I.E. From 1886 to 1892, as military member of the See also:governor-general's See also:council, he carried out many much-needed military reforms. He was made a C.B. at the See also:jubilee of 1887, and a K.C.B. on leaving India in 1892. In that See also:year he was returned to See also:parliament, in the Conservative See also:interest, as member for See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, and was chairman of the See also:committee of service members of the See also:House of See also:Commons until his See also:death on the 31st of See also:March 1895. He wrote some novels, The See also:Dilemma, The Private Secretary, The Lesters, &c., and was a frequent contributor to periodical literature.
End of Article: CHESNEY, SIR GEORGE TOMKYNS (1830-1895)
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