SKEMP, Frank Whittingham. Eccles, Lancashire 13.12.1880 — 1971. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Thomas Skemp (1851–1910). Studies at Manchester (B.A. 1900, M.A. 1904) and in preparation for I.C.S. at Cambridge (Petershouse) 1903-04. Served in the Punjab. Married Dorothy Frazer (1882–1965), children. Publications: Multani Stories. Collected and translated. 81 p.…
SIRR, Henry Charles. 1807 — London 23.11.1872. Sir. British (Irish) Lawyer and Diplomat. Son of Henry Charles Sirr (1764–1841), Town Major of Dublin, and Eliza D’Arcy (1767–1829). Graduated B.A. 1833 from Trinity College, Dublin. In 1836 called to bar at Lincoln’s Inn, London. British vice-consul in Hong Kong (1843), then…
SINCLAIR, William Frederick. 1849? — 15.5.1900, when 51. British Civil Servant in India. Son of William Sinclair, D.L. Joined I.C.S. in 1866, arrived at Bombay 1868. Served in various administrative positions in Bombay Presidency, in the 1880s Collector in Kolaba, finally 1890-94 Senior Collector in Thana, then retired. Publications: Archaeological and…
SIEGERT, Hans Karl. Fürth, Bavaria 21.03.1911 — 10.01.1957. German Teacher and Linguist. Studied linguistics, classics, German and history at Munich (under Wüst et al.). Lehrerprüfung 1938. Member of NSDAP, served in WW II (in 1942 in Wehrmacht). Worked as gymnasium teacher in Munich, in the 1950s in Ingolstadt. Publications: “Zur Geschichte…
SHUTTLEWORTH, Henry Lee Hawden. Scorforth, Lancashire 14.5.1882 — New Delhi 28.2.1960. British Civil Servant in India. The only son of George Edward Shuttleworth (1842–1928), a physician, and Edith Mary Hadwen. Educated in Shrewsbury, from 1901 studies at Oxford (Pembroke College), then joined I.C.S. After further studies M.A. 1910 Cambridge, then went to…
SHOWERS, Charles Lionel. India 5.2.1816 — Geneva 13.9.1895. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Major Howe Daniel Showers (1786–1829) and Harriet Ashe (1787–1826). Joined army 1835 and left for India. As Colonel in 1869 Political Agent in Gwalior, then Major-General (1878). Retired 1881, General 1889. Three times married, first…
SHIRREFF, Alexander Grierson. Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset 24.4.1883 — Walberswick, Suffolk 2.9.1962. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Francis Archibald Patullo Shirreff (1848–1918) and Elizabeth Louisa Davidson. B.A. I.C.S. officer, in the 1930s Collector of Jaunpur. Married 1916 Dulcie Marion Baxter (1892–1973), two sons. Publications: With Pannā Lāl: The Dream Queen: a translation of…
SHERLOCK, Woodford Wright. Blackrock, Cork 18.1.1836 — Cambridge 14.3.1912. British (Irish) Colonial Officer in India. Lieutenant-Colonel. Son of merchant Wright Sherlock and Celeste Mathieu. From 1852 studied at Trinity College in Dublin, M.A. Lecturer (University Teacher) in Hindustani at London University College (1884) and at Cambridge (1883-1912). Married 1877 Jessie…
SHEA, David. Limerick county 1777 — Haileybury 10.5.1836. British (Irish) Persian Scholar. Professor at Haileybury. Son of Daniel Shea, a farmer. Studied Classics at Trinity College in Dublin from 1793, in 1798 expelled as nationalist, having refused an oath to government, and went to England. He worked as tutor in…
SHAW, John. Ayrshire 5.9.1827 — Middlesex 8.4.1887. British (Scottish) Lawyer in India. Son of David Shaw (1788–1870) of Ayr and Glencairn Dalrymple Armstrong. Registrar of the High Court, Madras (1875). Returned to the U.K. in 1878 and settled in Kensington. Married 1863 Sophia Alicia Byam Gunthorpe (1836–1913), three children, i.al.…