LEWIN, Thomas Herbert. Lewisham, London 1.4.1839 — Abinger, Surrey 11.2.1916. British Colonial Officer in India, Linguist and Ethnologist. Lieutenant-Colonel. Son of George Herbert Lewin (1808–1856), a law clerk, and Mary Friend (1811–1890). Educated at Littlehampton, Eltham and Addiscombe. In 1857 came to India and immediately had to participate in campaigns against the uprising. Until 1874 served in Chittagong Hill Tracts. From 1875 Deputy Commissioner of Cooch Behar and from 1877 of Darjeeling. Retired 1879. From 1885 until death living in Abinger, near Dorking, Surrey. Married Margaret McLean (1844–1920), two daughters and one son.
Publications: The Hill Tracts of Chittagong and the Dwellers therein. 151 p. Calcutta 1869.
– Wild races of south-eastern India. 8+352 p. L. 1870.
– Hill proverbs of the inhabitants of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. 2+30 p. (Calcutta?) 1873.
– Progressive colloquial exercises in the Lushai dialect of the Dzo’ or Kúki language. 90+30 p. Calcutta 1874.
– With Ugyen Gyatsho: A Manual of Tibetan. 11+176 p. Calcutta 1879 (the spoken dialect of Sikkim).
– A fly on the wheel; or, How I helped to govern India. L. 1885, new ed. 318 p. L. 1912.
Sources: *J. Whitehead, Trangliana: The Life of T.H.L. Gartmore 1992; worldcat.org; WikiTree with 2 photos; archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/5fb3cbc4-fc07-3558-aed9-d8d1afd5de1c; Wikipedia, long article with 2 photos.
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