ADYE, SIR JOHN MILLER (1819-190o), British gen eral, son of Major James P. Adye, was born at Sevenoaks, Kent, on Nov. 1, 1819, and died on Aug. 26, I900. Sir John Adye served in the Crimean War, in the Indian Mutiny, on the North West frontier in India in 1863 and subsequently in important commands at home. In 1882 he was chief of staff and second in command of the expedition to Egypt and served throughout the campaign (G. C. B. and thanks of parliament). He held the gov ernment of Gibraltar from 1883 to 1886. Promoted general and colonel commandant of the Royal Artillery in 1884, he retired in 1886. He unsuccessfully contested Bath in the Liberal interest in 1892. He was author of Recollections of a Military Life (1895) and other works.