WESTMACOTT, George Edward. London 23.2.1807 — near Kabul 23.11.1841, when 35. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of George Westmacott (1783–1868) and Ann Knightley Seller (1781–1855), cousin of —> E. V. Westmacott’s father. Arrived in India in 1823 as Ensign. Captain 1833, then Assistant to the Government General’s Agent in North-East Frontier, visited Assam and Sindh. Participated in the siege of Bharatpur and in first Afghan war, killed in action. Unmarried.

Publications: “Some Account of a Sect of Hindu Schismatics in Western India, calling themselves Rámsanèhí, or Friends of God”, JASB 4, 1835, 65-82; “Description of Ancient Temples and Ruins at Chárdwár in Assam”, JASB 4, 1835, 185-195; three articles on Khyrpoor (Khairpur) in Sindh in JASB 1840-41.

– Indian Commerce and Russian Intrigue: the Present and Future Prospects of our Indian Empire. 84 p. L. 1838.

Sources: Stray notes in Internet; parents in ancestry.com.