BETHUNE, CHARLES RAMSAY DRINKWATER (_2 son of John Drinkwater of Thorncroft, Surrey, C.B., F.S.A. 1762–1844_). _b._ 27 Dec. 1802; entered navy 2 Aug. 1815; captain 22 July 1830; served in Chinese war 1840–41; V.A. 10 Nov. 1862, admiral 2 April 1866; retired 1 April 1870; assumed additional name of Bethune 1837; C.B. 29 June 1841, F.R.G.S. 1842. _d._ 4, Queensbury place South Kensington 21 Feb. 1884. _M. F. Conolly’s Biog. dict. of eminent men of Fife_ (1866) 56. BETHUNE, SIR HENRY LINDESAY (_eld. child of Martin Eccles Lindesay Bethune, commissary general in Scotland who d. 1813_). _b._ Hilton near Perth 12 April 1787; lieut. Madras Horse artillery 18 July 1804; captain 3 Sep. 1813 to 1 Sep. 1822 when he retired; drilled and disciplined the Persian army 1811–21, his lofty stature, 6 feet 7 inches, and great personal strength gained for him in Persia the epithet of “Rustum” the Hercules of ancient Persian story; knighted at St. James’s Palace 20 July 1832; sent to Persia as British agent 1834; commanded advanced guard of the Shah’s army 1834–35; returned home Sep. 1835; created baronet 7 March 1836. _d._ Tabreez, Persia 19 Feb. 1851. _M. F. Conolly’s Biog. dict. of eminent men of Fife_ (1866) 57. BETHUNE, JOHN ELLIOT DRINKWATER (_brother of C. R. D. Bethune_). Ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1823; barrister M.T. 4 May 1827; one of municipal corporation comrs.; counsel to the Home Office 1833–47; drew the Municipal reform, Tithe commutation and County courts bills; legislative member of Supreme council of India 11 April 1848 to death; pres. of council of education at Calcutta 1848; established a school for native females of the higher classes at Calcutta which he endowed by his will with property in Calcutta. _d._ Calcutta 12 Aug. 1851 aged 50. _G.M. xxxvii_, 94–96, 434 (1852). BETTINGTON, CLAUDE (_2 son of Albemarle Bettington of Halsey house, Cheltenham_). Commanded Bettington’s Horse in Zulu war 1879–80; C.M.G. 30 Oct. 1880. _d._ Elmina, Gold Coast 29 Dec. 1880.