CARR, Mark William. 12.2.1833 — on Malabar coast 15.1.1871. British Colonial Officer in South India. From Northumberland, son of Sir William Carr (1803–1854), a solicitor, and Charlotte Jefferson (1808–1885). From 1862 Assistant Inspector General of Madras Police, from 1870 Major of Madras Staff Corps. Lost in the wreck of General Outram on Malabar coast. Unmarried.
Publications: A Selection of Telugu Proverbs. 124 p. Madras 1868.
– A Collection of Telugu Proverbs. Translated, Illustrated and Explained together with some Sanskrit Proverbs. 7+487 p. Madras – London 1868 (with text).
– Edited: Descriptive and Historical Papers relating to the Seven Pagodas on the Coromandel Coast by William Chambers… [and others]. 6+242+3 p. Madras 1869; A supplement to the collection of Telugu proverbs. Containing additional proverbs, an index verborum, and an index to the European proverbs quoted in illustration. 148 p. Madras – London 1868.
Sources: Kirk’s Supplement and Boase’s Modern English Biogr. in Br. Biogr. Arch. 1st series; parents in geni.com; stray notes in Internet.
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