BOYLE, John Archibald. 1845 — Palamcotta, Madras 9.2.1875. British Civil Servant in South India. Son of Rev. Edward Fitzmaurice Boyle, vicar of Hammersmith. Educated at Radley College (Oxfordshire), until 1858. From 1865 in Madras Civil Service.
Publications: “Telugu Ballad Poetry”, IA 3, 1874, 1-6; “Notes on castes in Southern India”, Ibid. 287-289; also wrote in Calcutta Review.
Sources: Tombstone inscription in J. J. Cotton, List of Inscriptions on Tombs and Monuments in Madras. 2, 1946; Radley College Register. 1905 (radleyarchives.co.uk); stray notes in Internet connect him with the publications and define him as “M.C.S.”.
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