[496] The British Army, under Sir John Keane, following the capture of Kandahar, carried Shah Shuja on to Ghazni, which fell July 21, 1839. [497] Sir George Elliot, son of the 1st Earl of Minto. [498] Captain Elliot, afterwards Sir Charles Elliot (1801-1875), son of the Right Hon. Hugh Elliot. He married in 1828 Clara, daughter of R. H. Windsor. [499] William George Keith Elphinstone died at Cabul in 1841, aged sixty. [500] Sir Willoughby Cotton, Commander-in-Chief in Bombay, 1847-1850. [501] Her maid. [502] Sir James John Gordon Bremer (1786-1850). He captured the Bogue forts commanding the passage of the Canton River. For his services in China he received the thanks of Parliament and was made a K.C.B. [503] Miss Eden’s criticism of Charles Elliot’s conduct was quite unjust, and subsequently he was completely cleared of all blame. [504] The Hon. Sarah Archer, married first, the 5th Earl of Plymouth; and secondly, William Pitt, 2nd Baron Amherst. She died in 1839. [505] Mary, daughter of 1st Earl of Gosford; married in 1803 Lord W. Bentinck, Governor-General 1827 to 1833. [506] Major D’Arcy Todd, Bengal Artillery, was sent on a friendly Mission to Herat, but being unable to bring matters to a satisfactory conclusion, withdrew the Mission. [507] A man-servant. [508] Commander-in-Chief in Bengal. [509] Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, Governor of the Cape. His wife was Lady Frances Harris. Lord de Grey was his brother-in-law. [510] Lord Ellenborough. [511] Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart. (1789-1856). He went as Ambassador to China in 1840, and two years later negotiated a treaty which ended the Opium War. [512] Mr. Lister died June 5, 1842. [513] Hon. Edward Douglas, born 1800, assumed the name of Pennant in 1841; became Lord Penrhyn in 1866, married 1833 Juliana, daughter of Mr. Dawkins Pennant of Penrhyn Castle. She died in 1842. [514] E. Mostyn, married 1827 Harriet, daughter of 2nd Earl of Clonmell; succeeded his father as Baron Mostyn, 1854. [515] Lady Theresa Lister married Sir G. Cornewall Lewis in 1844. [516] Second wife of the 1st Earl of Morley. Frances, daughter of Thomas Talbot of Gonville, Norfolk. [517] Miss Eden’s nephew; married Hon. Adelaide Lister, 1847. [518] Feargus O’Connor, the leader of the Chartists. [519] In Lord John Russell’s ministry (1846) Macaulay was Paymaster-General. [520] Macaulay was defeated at Edinburgh in 1847 by C. Cowan. In 1852 he was returned unopposed for Edinburgh. [521] Sir George Grey was Home Secretary in Lord John Russell’s Cabinet. [522] Lord Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty. [523] Her brother, who was now Bishop of Sodor and Man. [524] Mrs. Colvile’s nurse. [525] Son and daughter of Lady Theresa Lewis by her first husband. [526] Sir Alexander Cornewall Duff-Gordon married in 1840 Lucie, only daughter of John Austin. [527] The _Avenger_ was wrecked, December 20, 1847, on the Sorelle Rocks, north coast of Africa. Only five lives were saved out of two hundred and seventy.