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.…
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…
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…
SEYMOUR, Lionel William. Bombay 6.12.1855 — Redhill, Surrey 15.4.1936. British Physician in India. Son of the elder L. W. Seymour (1828–1864), a colonial officer, and Catherine Anne Burton (1821–1879). Worked in Bombay Civil Service, in 1905 returned to the U.K. Then worked as physician in England. Married 1890 in Karachi Amy…
SETON-KARR, Walter Scott. 23.1.1822 — West Brompton, London 22.11.1910. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Andrew Seton-Karr (d. 1832), of Roxburghshire (Scotland) and formerly of I.C.S., and Alicia Anne Rawlinson. He was a godson of Walter Scott. Educated at Rugby. Served from 1848 in Bengal in judicial and political offices.…
SELL, Edward. Wantage, Berkshire 24.1.1839 — Bangalore 15.2.1932. Rev. British Missionary in India. Son of William John Sell. Educated at Church Missionary College in Islington, London. Ordained deacon 1862, priest 1867. In 1865-81 Principal of Harris High School for Muslims in Madras, 1880-1905 Secretary of Church Missionary Society in Madras. B.D.…
SEIDEL, August. Helmstedt 29.9.1863 — 1916. German Linguist and Ethnologist. In 1889-1903 General Secretary of Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft in Berlin. Publications: Theoretisch-praktische Grammatik der Hindustani-Grammatik, mit Übungsstücke in arabischer Schrift, und ein deutsch–hindustani Wörterbuch. 194 p. Die Kunst der Polyglottie. Vienna & Pest & Lp. 1893. – Praktisches Handbuch der arabischen Umgangssprache ägyptischen Dialekts.…
SEBASTIANI, Leopoldo. Rome 1770 — Rome 5.9.1843. Father. Italian Missionary. Son of Vincenzo Sebastiani. Worked as sub-librarian in Vatican before entering missionary career, working for Propaganda Fide. Before 1821 he had spent ten years in Turkey and, after a brief sejour in Rome, five in Persia and Afghanistan (1803-1808) and…