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.

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.