[449] John Russell Colvin, Private Secretary to the Governor-General, married in 1827 Miss Emma Sneyd. He became Lieutenant-Governor of the Upper Provinces, 1853-57.
[450] Mr. Torrens, Deputy Secretary.
[451] The wife of Mr. (afterwards Sir William) MacNaghten, who was sent as Envoy to the Afghan Court in 1840, and was assassinated at Cabul, 1841.
[452] Lord Henry Gordon.
[453] The insurrection of French-Canadians under Louis Joseph Papineau.
[454] Charles Grant, Lord Glenelg, Colonial Secretary, 1834-1839.
[455] Dost Mahomed, Emir of Cabul (1798-1863). He was expelled by the British in 1840, but restored three years later.
[456] Envoy and Minister-Plenipotentiary to the Shah at Teheran.
[457] Captain Claude Wade, Agent for the Sutlej Frontier.
[458] Daughter of General Sir Henry Fane.