CHESNEY, SIR GEORGE TOMKYNS English general, brother of Col. C. C. Chesney, was born at Tiver ton (Devon), on April 3o, 183o. Educated at Blundell's school, Tiverton, and at Addiscombe, he entered the Bengal Engineers as second lieutenant in 1848. After some years in the pubic works department he earned distinction in the Indian Mutiny and was severely wounded in the assault of Delhi. The originator of the Royal Indian civil engineering college at Cooper's hill, Staines, he was also its first president (1871-8o). In 1871 he con tributed to Blackwood's Magazine "The Battle of Dorking," a vivid account of a supposed invasion of England by the Germans after their victory over France. This was republished in many editions and translations, and produced a profound impression. He was promoted major-general in 1886, and general in 1892. From 1886 to 1892, as military member of the governor-general's council, he carried out many much-needed military reforms. In that year he became Conservative M.P. for Oxford, and was chair man of the committee of service members of the House of Com mons until his death on March 31, 1895. He wrote some novels, The Dilemma, The Private Secretary, The Lesters, etc., and a valuable book on Indian Polity (1868).