SCOTT WARING, Edward Warren Hastings. England 1783 — India 1821. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Major John Scott Waring (1747–1819) and Elizabeth Blackrie (1745–1796), nephew of —> Jonathan Scott. In Bengal Civil Service, worked in Bundelkhand. “Collector at Futteyghur.” From 1801 Assistant Professor of Hindustani at Fort William College. In 1802-03 travelled in Persia, wrote his book on it in Pune. Married Mary Maclean (d. 1857), three sons and two daughters.
Publications: A Tour to Sheeraz by the route of Kazroon and Feerozabad; with various Remarks on the Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, and Literature of the Persians. To which is added a History of Persia, from the Death of Kureem Khan to the subversion of the Zund Dynasty. 13+329 p. L. 1807 (rev. of the first ed. Bombay 1804).
– A history of the Mahrattas; to which is prefixed an historical sketch of the Decan: containing a short account of the rise and fall of the Mooslim sovereignities prior to the aera of Mahratta independence. 12+279 p. L. 1810.
Sources: Father’s obituary notice in The East India Military Calendar 2, 1824, 242; geneanet.org; wikitree.com.
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