MACREADY, William Charles. Elstree, Hertsmere Borough, Hertfordshire 7.8.1832 — Puttalam 26.11.1871. British Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of the well-known actor William Charles Macready (1793–1873) and actress Catherine Frances Atkins (d. 1852). Studies at Oxford (Christ Church) and Haileybury. From 1854 in Ceylon Civil Service, worked as Assistant Government…
MACKENZIE, David Neil. London 8.4.1926 — Bangor, Wales 13.10.2001. British Iranian Scholar in Germany. Professor in Göttingen. Son of David MacKenzie, educated in Slough, Windsor and Cambridge. From November 1943 to December 1947 in army, from August 1944 to September 1945 served in India and Burma, then until July 1947 in…
MACDONALD, Robert Mackenzie. 11.9.1825 — Kensington, London 3.2.1891. British Colonial Officer in India. Director of Public Instruction, Madras Presidency. Lieutenant-General. Married Caroline Helsham (1835–1865), one son and one daughter. Publications: “Vemana”,MJLS3:2, 1866, 43-62 (on Ch. Ph. Brown (transl.), The Verses of Vemana, Moral, Religious and Satirical. Madras 1829). Sources: Scanty stray…
MACDONALD, David (Dorje). Darjeeling 1870/73? — Darjeeling 6.7.1962. British Trade Agent in Tibet. Son of a Scottish father and Sikkimese mother. The father left when he was six and he was educated by his mother as a Buddhist, but later took Christianity. He was Waddell’s Assistant in Lhasa in 1904,…
MCCALL, Anthony Gilchrist. 1895 — ?.5.1978. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of Anthony McCall and Mary Gilchrist. In 1914-21 served in Royal Artillery. Major. In 1921 joined I.C.S. In 1927-30 in Manipur, 1931-43 Superintendent of Lushai Hills district. Then Deputy Commissioner of Khasi and Jaintia Hills and Political…
LYTTELTON-ANNESLEY, Arthur (until 1844 A. McLeod). Dublin 2.9.1837 — 16.2.1926. Sir. British Colonial Officer in India. Lieutenant-General. Born in Ireland of English parents, Arthur Lyttelton McLeod (from 1844 Annesley) and Mary Bradley. Educated at Harrow. Joined army in 1854 and participated in Crimean War. In 1866-77 and 1878-88 served in India,…
LUNIN, Boris Vladimirovič. Geneva 18.7.1906 — Tashkent 18.10.2001. Russian Historian of Central Asia. Son of a lawyer, graduated in 1922 (?) from Arheologičeskij Institut in Rostov-na-Donu. War service 1941-45. Kand. ist. nauk 1956, Dr. ist. nauk 1967, Professor 1970. In 1925-41 “sotrudnik Donskogo obščestva arheologii, istorii, Sev.-Kavkazskogo kraevogo obščestva arheologii…
LUDOVICI, Leopold. Matara 11.4.1833 — 1???. Sri Lankan (with Dutch background) Journalist. Son of Johan Hendrik L. and Sophia Vilhelmina Veenekam. Worked in Ceylon Survey Department, later journalist, editor and finally proprietor of the Ceylon Examiner. Married 1859 Henrietta Ernst. Publications: Rice cultivation its past history and present condition; with suggestions for…
LUARD, Charles Eckford. Farnham, Surrey 11.11.1869 (or 11.10.) — Oxford 17.5.1927. British Colonial Officer in India. Lieutenant-Colonel. Son of Colonel Charles Henry Luard and Amelia Juliana Martin. Educated in Marlborough, studies at Oxford (Christchurch), M.A. Cadet 1891, in 1892-98 served in Indian army, then in Indian Political Service until 1925. Superintendent…
LOW, Charles Rathbone. Dublin 30.10.1837 — Kensington, London 1918. British Naval Officer. Son of Major John Handcock Low (1805–1849) of Bengal Army and Sophie Hamilton. Born in Ireland he was just a few months old when parents went to India and he thus grew up there until seven, then educated…