MACDONALD, David

MACDONALD, David (Dorje). Darjeeling 1870/73? — Darjeeling 6.7.1962. British Trade Agent in Tibet. Son of a Scottish father, a planter, and Sikkimese (Lepcha) mother. The father left when he was six and he was educated by his mother as a Buddhist, but later took Christianity. Worked in Bengal vaccination service.…

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MCCALL, Anthony G.

MCCALL, Anthony Gilchrist. Conisbrough, Yorkshire 7.1.1895 — Poole, Dorset 8.5.1978. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of Anthony McCall and Mary Greer Gilchrist, educated at Cheltenham College. 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…

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LYTTELTON-ANNESLEY, Arthur

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 (1802–1882, 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…

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LUARD, C. Eckford

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 (1837–1905) 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.…

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LOW, Charles Rathbone

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, lost early his parents. Born in Ireland he was just a few months old when parents went to India and he thus grew up there…

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LOGAN, Alexander Cochrane

LOGAN, Alexander Cochrane. 1861? — 1910?. British Civil Servant in India. Probably son of the elder A. C. Logan (1804–1886, a planter in Jamaica) and his wife Margaret Hall (1831–1919), grew up in Mandeville, Jamaica. From 1879 (when 18) studies at Oxford (Balliol College). Joined I.C.S. in 1879 and from…

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LEACH, Edmund R.

LEACH, Edmund Ronald. Sidmouth, Devon 10.11.1910 — Cambridge 6.1.1989. Sir. British Anthropologist. Son of William Edmund Leach and Mildred Mary Brierley, educated at Marlborough College. Studies of mathematical and mechanical sciences at Cambridge (Clare College). B.A. 1932, then four year in China serving a British business company, but did not…

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KNOX, George

KNOX, George. Inismagrath, co. Leitrim, Ireland 15.12.1793 — Coimbatore 2.9.1847, when 53. British (Irish) Physician in India. M.D. 1816. From 1817 in E.I.C.’s medical service, Madras, Surgeon 1829, Superintending Surgeon 1843. Participated in Burmese was 1824-25. Married Mary Griffith (1809–1841), one son. Publications: Wrote on Burmese Buddhism in MJLS 1, 1834, 25-39 and in TrRAS 3,…

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KIPLING, John Lockwood

KIPLING, John Lockwood. Kirbymoorside near Pickering, Yorkshire 6.7.1837 — Tisbury, Wiltshire 26.1.1911. British Art Teacher, Illustrator and Museum Curator in India. Son of Rev. Joseph Kipling, a Methodist minister, and Frances Lockwood. Educated at Wesleyan Woodhouse Grove school near Bradford, then learned ceramic art. From 1859 worked on exterior terracotta…

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KING, Cuthbert

KING, Cuthbert. Madingley, Cambridgeshire 1889 — 19??. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Rev. Dr. Edward George King and Mary Westcott. Educated at Sherborne school. M.A. Served in the North-West. Deputy Commissioner (1930/35), then Commissioner of Lahore (1943) and Rawalpindi Division (1946). C.I.E. 1946. Mentioned as living 1958. Married…

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