A member of the Inner Temple; c. to the bar, 1845; an equity draftsman and conveyancer; parliamentary counsel to the Home Office (22, _Duke-street_, _Westminster_, S.W.)
A magistrate for Kent; director of the Kent Insurance Company (_Littlebourne_, _Canterbury_).
B. 1824; suc. his father, 1842; m. 1855, dau. of the late Hon. John Kennedy Erskine; has issue, three sons. Educ. at Harrow. Formerly capt. 1st Life Guards. A magistrate and dep.-lieut. for Middlesex (_Upper Lodge_, _Bushy Park_).
Eld. s. of the late B. Outram, Esq., of Butterly Hall, co. Derby. B. 1803; m. 1835, his cousin, Margaret, dau. of James Anderson, Esq. of Bridgend, Brechin, Forfar; has issue, a s., Francis, now in the Bengal Civil Service. Gen. Outram was educ. at Aberdeen; proceeded to India, as a cadet, in 1819; was sometime lieut. and adjutant 23rd Bombay Native Infantry; was sometime in command of the Bheel Corps; afterwards became political agent in Guzerat; British Resident at Hyderabad, Sattara, and Baroda; and suc. the late Sir William Sleeman, as commis. at Lucknow; promoted to be lieut.-col. 1843; sent to Persia with diplomatic powers, as commis. with the forces, in 1856, at the same time enjoying local rank of lieut.-gen.; present at the capture of Bushire; gained the victory of Koozahb, Feb. 1857; nom. a G.C.B. July, 1857; app. resident at Rajpootana, and provisional member of the Council of India, Aug. 1857; promoted to be lieut.-gen., 1858; received, 14 April, 1859, the thanks of parliament for his eminent skill, courage, and perseverance, in subduing the late insurrection in India (_Oriental and United Service Clubs_).
B. 1787; suc. his father, 1804; m. 1816, Lady Susan, dau. of the 5th and aunt of the present Duke of Manchester; has issue, six sons and six daus. Lord-lieut. of Haddingtonshire; hereditary chamberlain of Dumfermline. Ent. the army, 1804; promoted to rank of general, 1854; app. colonel 30th Foot, 1846; governor and commander-in-chief at Madras, 1842–48; served in the Peninsula as an assist. Q.-M.-Gen.; received the gold medal for the battle of Vittoria, in which action was wounded; as also at the Busaco; served in the American war, and was again wounded (_United Service Club_; _Yester_, _Haddington_, N.B.)