OUTRAM, Sir JAMES, Lieut.Gen., G.C.B.; Indian soldier atid statesman. was h. 1803, at Butterley Derbyshire, the residence of his father, Mr. Benjamin OE:tram. a t ivil engineer of note. His mother, the daughter of James Anderson of Aberdeen shire, was descended from sir W. Scion. lord Pitmedden. Outran was educated at Udny, Aberdeenshire, antler the rev. Dr. Bisset, and afterwards went. to .)Ialiselthl •ol lege, Aberdeem lk was sent to India as a cadet in 1819, and was made lieut. ta.d adju tant of the 20d Bombay native infantry. Ile then took command of and disci' hued the wild 131wels of Candeish, acid successfully led them against the Haling tribes. Frain 1S-55 to 1838 he was engaged in re-establishing order in the 3lalii Ktinta. Ile went will] the inva ding army under lord Keane into Afghanistan its aid-de-camp• and his ride from Rio hat, through the dangers of the 13o3an pnss, will long be famous in Indian annals. Ile beehme political agent at Guzerat,and commissioner in 8inde, where lie made a bold ;aid earrest defense of the anwers against the aggressive policy of gen. sir Charles Jt•mes Nal is He was afterwards resident at Sattara and Baroda, and upon the annexation of l was made resident and commissioner by lord Dalhousie. His health failing, t.c n (Lined to England in 1850: but when the war with Persia broke out, and it heerdne llf L'("sary to send au expedition to the Persian gulf, Outran accompanied the forces, with diplamatic powers as commissioner. He el adm:led several brilliant and successful opeintions; the campaign was short and decisive; and the objects of the expedition having limn ti i tun pliantly attained, he returned to India. Landing at Benibay in July, 183. he wet t to Calcutta to receive lord Canning s instructions, and was commissioned to take elthrge of the forces advancing to the relief of Lucknow. He chivalrously waived the ton.na t d in favor of his old lieut., Havelock (q.v.). who had fought 8 victorious bat ties whit the rebels, and, taking up only his civil appointment, as chief-commissioner of Oud•. tenth IA II
his military services to Havelock as a volunteer. Lueknow was relieved, Ltd Outran; took the but only to be in turn besieged. He held the Alundtagh against almost overwhelming forces, until lord Clyde advanced to his relief. He then made a skillful movemt nt. up the left hank of the Gnmti, which led to a final and complete vle tory over the.insurgunts. lie was made chief-commissioner of Onde; and thom_h he hail strongly opposed its annexation, he \Vas the man who did most to restore British rale, and attach the people to it. For his eminent services he was nppointed to the rank cf lient.gen. in 1858, and received the thanks of parlirment in 1860. He took his seat as a member of the supreme council of Fella, in Calautta, hut sank under the climate, and returned to Emfland in 1860, already stricken by the hand of death. The communities of India voted liitn ti statue at Calcutta, founded an institution to his honor, and presented him with commemorative gifts. A banquet was given to him and his chief tthel com panion-in-arms, lord Clyde, liv the city of London. His Entr'ish admirers determiaed to erect a statue to his honor in Loudon, and gave him a valurille desert-service in silver. He spent the winter of 1861-62 in Egypt ; and after a short residence in the s. of France, expired at Park, Mar. 11, 1863. Outran was styled by sir Charles Napier the •'13nyard of India." Than his, there is no more gallant name in the whole list of distinguished Indian soldiers. Ilk services in the east as a soldier and a diplomatist extended ()VII* the period of 4(1 years. Ile was ever the generous protector of the dark-skinned races among whom his lot was thrown, and set a bright example to all future administrators of mod eration, conciliation, humanity, and practical Christianity in all his dealings with the natives of India.