Madras, and Resident with the Nawab of the Carnatic : Envoy to Persia, 1824–30 : was in the hostilities with Russia, and mediated, before the treaty of Turkaman-chai of Feb. 23, 1828 : died at Tabriz, June II, 1830.
KIPLING, JOHN LOCKWOOD (1837–)
Born 1837 : son of Rev. Joseph Kipling : educated at Woodhouse Grove : Architectural Sculptor, Bombay School of Art, 1865–75 : Principal, Mayo School of Art : Curator Central Museum, Lahore, 1875–93 : author of Beast and Man in India : retired from the Indian Education Department, 1893 : C.I.E., 1886.
KIPLING, RUDYARD (1865–)
Born Dec. 30, 1865 : son of J. Lockwood Kipling (q.v.) : educated at Westward Ho : Assistant Editor of the Civil and Military Gazette, Lahore, and the Pioneer, Allahabad, 1882–9 : author of Departmental Ditties, 1886, Plain Tales from the Hills, 1887; Soldiers Three, Wee Willie Winkie, etc., 1888–9; The Light that Failed, 1891; Barrack Room Ballads, 1892; The Jungle Book, (1) 1894, (2) 1895; Kim, 1901, etc., etc.
KIRKPATRICK, JAMES ACHILLES (1764–1805)
Lt-Colonel : son of Colonel James Kirkpatrick, and brother of William Kirkpatrick (q.v.) : born Aug. 1764 : educated in France and at Eton : joined the E. I. Co.'s Madras Army in 1779–80 : in the Mysore war, 1791–2 : in charge of garrison at Vizianagram, 1793 : Assistant to his brother William, Resident at Hyderabad, in 1795 : succeeded him in 1797 : negotiated the several treaties of 1798, 1799, 1800, 1802, 1803, 1804 on behalf of the Governor-General with the Nizam of Hyderabad, for various objects, the suppression of French influence, etc., gaining the full confidence of the Marquess Wellesley : brought the Nizam's contingent of 60,000 men into the field against Tippoo, 1799 : died, while Resident at Hyderabad, on a visit to Calcutta, on Oct. 15, 1805.
KIRKPATRICK, WILLIAM (1754–1812)
Born 1754 : son of Colonel James Kirkpatrick of the Madras cavalry : joined the Bengal Infantry in 1773 : became Maj -General in 1811 : was Persian Interpreter to General Stibbert, C. in C. in Bengal, for periods between 1777 and 1785 : was Resident at Gwalior, and Persian Interpreter with Lord Cornwallis in the Mysore war, 1791–2 : mediated in Nipal, until then unvisited by any Englishman, between the Nipalese and Chinese in 1793 : Resident at Hyderabad in 1795 : met Lord Mornington at the Cape in 1798 and became his Military Secretary in 1798, and Private Secretary in 1799 : after Seringapatam in 1799, was made a Commissioner for the partition of Mysore : Resident at Poona in 1801 : left India in 1801 : he was well versed in Oriental languages and Indian lore : translated Tippoo's diary and letters from Persian, and wrote an account of his mission to Nipal : he died Aug. 22, 1812.
KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM, HORATIO HERBERT, FIRST VISCOUNT (1850–)
Born June 24, 1850 : son of Lt-Colonel H. H. Kitchener : educated at Wool- wich : entered R.E., 1871, and became Maj-General, 1896 : employed in Palestine Survey, 1874–8, and Cyprus Survey, 1878–82 : commanded Egyptian Cavalry, 1882–4 : Nile expedition, 1884–5 : Brevet-Lt-Colonel : Governor of Suakim, 1886–8 : Soudan Frontier, 1889 : engagement at Toski : C.B. : Sirdar of Egyptian Army, 1890 : commanded Dongola expeditionary force, 1896 : Maj-General : K.C.B. : commanded Khartoum expedition, 1898 : raised to Peerage with grant of £30,000 and G.C.B. : Chief of Staff of Forces in South Africa, 1899–1900, C. in C, S. Africa, 1900–2 : Lt-General and General : received Viscountcy and grant of £50,000 : C. in C, India, since 1902.
KITSON, GERALD CHARLES (1856–)
Born Oct. 6, 1856 : son of Rev. J. B. Kitson : educated at Winchester : entered the Army, 1875, and became Lt-Colonel, 1896 : D.A.A.G. at Meerut, 1890–2 : A.A.G., Umbala, 1892–4 : served at Manipur, 1891 : at the Staff College, 1885–6 : Commandant of Military College, Kingston, Canada : Military Attache of British Embassy, Washington : Com-