DAVY, John. Penzance 24.5.1790 — Lesketh-how near Ambleside, Cumbria 24.1.1868. British Physician and Chemist in Colonial Service. Son of Robert Davy (died c. 1795) and Grace Millet, brother of Sir Humphry Davy (1778–1829), a noted chemist. Educated in Helston and Barnstaple. Studies of chemistry at Royal Institute in London (under…
DANIBEGAŠVILI, Rap‘iel (Russian Rafail Danibegov). 1775? — 18??. Georgian Nobleman, Merchant and Traveller. Son of Osefa (Joseph) Danibegašvili. A wealthy merchant in Tbilisi, he made two journeys to India, in 1795–98 and 1799–1813, in the first time carrying the presents of King Heraclius II of Georgia to Iakov Shahamirian of…
DANGERFIELD, Frederick. 25.8.1789 — Indore 6.12.1828. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Thomas Dangerfield and Mary Anne Laridge. Entered Bombay Army in 1804. Captain 1820. Until 1823 carried geological survey of the Himalaya, then until death Deputy Opium Agent in Malwa, where he apparently also had been earlier. Married 1823…
CRAUFURD, Quintin. Kilwinning, Ayrshire 22.9.1743 — Paris 23.11.1819. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Younger son of the elder Quintin Craufurd (d. 1749) and Ann Robinson. Joined E.I.C. when 18. As a typical Nabob he earned a fortune during his Indian service. Returned from India in 1780 and in 1783…
COURT, Major Henry. 1??? — 18??. British Colonial Officer in India. Major. There were at least three Major Henry Courts. First, the father (1783–1874), Major of Madras Artillery, married 1819 Frances Susan Tayler. Major Henry Court, the son (Ripley, Surrey 18.5.1822 – Eton, Berkshire 30.5.1891), in 1861 Commissioner in Meerut,…
CORDINER, James. 1775 — Aberdeen 13.1.1836. Rev. British (Scottish) Episcopal Priest in Sri Lanka. Son of Rev. Charles Cordiner (1746?–1794), minister of Banff. Educated in Banff, studies at Aberdeen (A.M. 1793). From 1797 in charge of Military Orphan Asylum in Madras. In 1799-1804 second chaplain to the garrison in Colombo and principal of…
BREITHAUPT, Johann Christian. Dransfeld near Göttingen 26.9.1719 — Vepery, Chennai 17.11.1782. German Missionary in South India. Son of Christoph Breithaupt and his wife Katharina Elisabeth. School and from 1740 studies at Halle. From 1741 worked as teacher, ordained priest 1845 in Wernigerode. From 1746 missionary in Trankebar, 1747 in Cuddalore, from…
CHAPMAN, Charles. Bath wick, Somerset 23.11.1752 — 19.3.1809. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Charles Chapman (d. 1795), an officer of E.I.C.’s army. Educated at Hoxton Academy in London. From 1773 Writer of E.I.C. in Bombay, 1775 moved to Calcutta. Close to Hastings. In 1778-79 diplomatic mission to Cochin-China (Vietnam),…
CELLARIUS, Johan Adam. Ulm 1740 — Cochin (Kochi) 15.6.1796. Dutch (Germann-born) Colonial Servant in India. Son of Johann Jacob Cellarius and Maria Müller (?). Entered in 1762 the Dutch E.I.C.’s service as corporal and was stationed in Cochin, but soon moved to mercantile department, first in Batavia, soon in Malabar.…
CAUSSIN DE PERCEVAL, Armand-Pierre. Paris 11.1.1795 — Paris 15.1.1871. French Oriental (Arabic) Scholar. Son of Jean-Jacques-Antoine Caussin de Perceval (1759–1835, like his son Professor of Arabic at Collège de France) and Catherine Félicité Labroüe (1776–1802). From 1814 studied in Constantinople and travelled in the Near East. In 1833-71 Professor of Arabic at…