POLE, John (de La Pole). 18?? — 19??. British Planter in Sri Lanka. In 1913 book his address was Scarborough Estate, Maskeliya, Ceylon and historyofceylontea.com on Scarborough Estate tells that he was Assistant Manager there in 1909-12. A likely candidate is found in thepeerage.com (with some additional derails in ancestry.com):…
POCHHAMMER, Wilhelm von. Berlin 27.1.1892 — Bremen 13.11.1982. German Diplomat and Historian of Modern India. Son of an officer, Major-General Erich Viktor von Pochhammer (1860–1914), of Prussian nobility and Hanna Toecke-Mittler. After school in Berlin and Stettin studied law at Freiburg i.Br., Marburg, Munich and Bonn, where he befriended with…
PLAYFAIR, Alan. Algiers, Vryburg, Cape Province 15.6.1868 — Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia 30.9.1952. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Lambert Playfair (1828–1899) of Madras army and Agnes Rankin Webster (1832–1918). Served as Deputy Commissioner in Assam. Major (1909), then Lieutenant-Colonel. Retired 1921 and moved to…
PHELPS, John. Baltimore 25.7.1873 — Mitchellville, Prince George’s County, Maryland 16.12.1955. U.S. Lawyer and Classical Scholar. Son of Brigadier-General Charles E. Phelps (1833–1908) and Martha Woodward. B.A. 1894 Johns Hopkins. Worked as attorney in Baltimore, but kept a lifelong interest in classics and linguistics. Twice married, with Anna Turner (1876–1955)…
PETTIGREW, William. Edinburgh 5.1.1869 — 19.1.1943. Rev. British Missionary in India. Son of a sea captain, lost early his mother and father remarried, grew up in a strict Anglican family. Decided early to become a missionary and completed High School at Ardington Aborigines Mission Training Centre. Arrived in India in…
PÉRI, Noël. Cruzy-le-Châtel (Yonne) 22.8.1865 — Hanoi 25.6.1922. Father. French Missionary and Sino-Japanologist. Son of Hilaire Paris (d. 1921 when 87), a magistrate with Corsican origin, school in Neufchâteau (Vosges), Dôle and Châlon-sur-Saône. Studied theology at seminaries of Isay and Saint-Sulpice.. Ordained priest in 1888 and left for Japan. Served…
PERCHERON, Maurice Alfred. Archachon (Gironde) 22.7.1891 — Paris 22.12.1963.French Engineer and Author. Son of Alfred Percheron, a physician, and Madeleine Nonès. Participated in WW I. From 1919 worked in aircraft development. In the 1930s several travels in Asia. Officer of Légion d’honneur 1958. Married 1916 Suzanne Moreau (divorce 1940) and…
PENNELL, Theodore Leighton. Clifton, Bristol 7.10.1867 — Bannu (now in Pakistan) 23.12.1912. British Missionary Physician in India. Lost early his physician father, educated at Eastbourne College. Studies at London University College and Hospital, M.D. 1891. Sent by Church Missionary Society arrived at Karachi in 1892, accompanied by his mother (d.…
PEAKE, Harold John Edward. Ellesmere, Shropshire 29.9.1867 — Boxford, Berkshire 22.9.1946. British lay Anthropologist and Archaeologist. Son of Rev. John Peake, Vicar of Ellesmere, and his wife Matilda. Hon. M.A. 1925 Liverpool. Trained in estate management at Leicester. With his wife went around the world and stayed some time in a…
PASKE, Edward Hanson. Madras 15.4.1829 — Parkstone, Dorsetshire 28.10.1907. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Colonel Thomas Theophilus Paske (1789–1860) and Susan Amelia Goldingham. Bengal cadet 1846. From 1854 served in the Punjab. Deputy-Commissioner of Kangra, then Lieutenant-Colonel. Retired 1877 on health reasons. Married 1856 Amelie Catherine Jervois (1833–1905), three…