CADELL, Patrick Robert. Bhurtpore (Bharatpur), Bengal 6.5.1871 — Frilford Heath, Abingdon 22.11.1961 (when 90). Sir. British Civil Servant in India and Historian of Colonial India. Son of colonel Thomas C. and Anna Dalmahoy (d. 1876). Educated at Haileybury, studies at Oxford (Balliol College). Joined I.C.S. in 1891, served mainly in Bombay Presidency and Sindh. Retired 1926, served again 1932-35 as the President of the Council of Junagadh State. Married 1920 Agnes Aimée Kemp (d. 1961), no children. Knighted 1935.
Publications: Articles, many reviews in JRAS.
– With Stanley Reed: India: the New Phase. 7+175 p. L. 1928.
– The History of the Bombay Army. 15+362 p. L. 1938.
– “Who are the descendants of the people of Mohen-jo-daro?”, JAnthropSocBombay Jub. Vol. 1937, 20-30.
– Edited: The Letters of Philip Meadows Taylor to Henry Reeve. 31+340 p. L. 1948.
Sources: R.O. Winstedt, JRAS 1962, 182f.; Who Was Who 1961–70; not in the D.N.B. Portrait in Nat. Portrait Gallery’s homepage.
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