TUFNELL, Robert Hutchinson Campbell (Tuffnell). 1852 — 1908. British Colonial Officer in South India. Son of Thomas Robert Tufnell, a businessman, and Frances Howard Hutchinson. Studied from 1870 at Oxford (Exeter College), then joined army. Captain (1888), served mainly in South India. Participated in Afghan wars. Retired as Major. Married 1878 Mary Anne Luard Smith (b. 1858), two sons.

Publications: “On a Collection of South Indian Coins”, JASB 55, 1886, 157-160; “Hints to Coin-Collectors in Southern India, Part I”, MJLS 29, 1886-87, 32-55 & 30, 1887-88, 160-196 (also sep. as a book): “Oriental coins. with special reference to those of Southern India”, American Journal of Numismatics 22, 1888, 56-60 & 23, 1889, 73-77.

– Catalogue of Mysore Coins in the Collection of the Government Museum, Bangalore. 64 p. Madras 1889; edited MJLS 29-31.

Sources: *Monthly Numismatic Circular 1909; scanty stray notes in Internet.