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Col. Horatio Samuel Court, retired pay, late Madras Staff Corps, died on Feb. 15 at 13 Anerley Park, S.E., aged 75. Col. Court obtained his commission as Ensign in the Madras Army Dec. 8, 1855, and was posted to the 44th Madras Native Infantry March 28, 1856, becoming Lieutenant Aug. 25, 1857. He joined the Madras Staff Corps July 30, 1862, becoming Captain Dec. 8, 1881; Brevet Colonel Dec. 8, 1885; and retired Jan. 17, 1888. Col. Court served for many years with the police, his last appointment having been Superintendent of Police, Trichinopoly. |