JACKSON, Arthur Mason Tippetts. 30.12.1866 — Nasik 21.9.1909. British Civil Servant and Historian in India. Son of Mason Jackson (1820–1903) and Lucy Berriman Tippets. M.A. Oxford. Served in the I.C.S. as District Collector in Bombay Presidency, finally chief magitrate of Nasik. Murdered, shot by a seditious Brahman. Bound by his…
ISHERWOOD, Christopher William Bradshaw. High Lane, Cheshire 26.8.1904 — Santa Monica, Calif. 4.1.1986 (when 81). British Author in the U.S.A., interested in Indian philosophy (Vedānta). U.S. citizen 1946. Son of an officer, Frank Bradshaw Isherwood (1869–1915, d. in WW I) and Kathleen Machell Smith, educated at St. Edmund’s School in…
IRWIN, John Conran. Madras 5.8.1917 — 23.2.1997. British Art Historian of India. Son of John Williamson Irwin, a coffee planter in Coorg, and Ruth Leefe Robinson, soon came to England with father’s retirement and grew up in Devon and London. Worked as journalist and theatre critic. From 1939 in the…
IRVINE, William. Aberdeen 5.7.1840 — Castelnau, Barnes, near London 3.11.1911. British (Scottish) Civil Servant and Historian in India. Specialist of the Muhammedan period. Son of William Irvine, an advocate, and Margaret Garden. Lost early his father and moved to London with his mother, educated privately and at King’s College. In…
IRELAND, John D. (Jack). North London 1932 — 29.10.1998. English Bauddha. Adopted Buddhism when 18 (after reading Chr. Humphrey’s book) and began learning Pāli. Publications: Translated: Samyutta Nikaya: An Anthology. 52 p. 1981; The Discourse Collection: Selected Texts from the Sutta Nipata. 23 p. 1983; The Udāna. Kandy 1990; Vangisa:…
IMPEY, Elijah George Halhed. Cawnpore (Kanpur) 21.9.1818 — Southampton 19.11.1868. British Physician in India. Son of Elijah Impey (1781–1821, from Ireland, not the famous judge in India Sir Elijah Impey [1732–1809], but probably related) and Marian Bunn. Dr.med. From 1840 in Bombay Medical Service. Surgeon-Major of Bombay Horse Artillery, in…
IEVERS, Robert Wilson. Limerick 1850 (or 1851) — Ireland 10.2.1905. British (Irish) Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of Robert John Ievers (1804–1873), a wine merchant, and Elizabeth Browne. Educated at Queen’s University, Belfast (M.A.). Entered Ceylon Civil Service in 1872, worked in various positions mainly in the north-west, living…
IBBETSON, Denzil Charles Jelf. Gainsborough, Lincolnshire 30.8.1847 — London 21.2.1908. Sir. British Civil Servant and Ethnologist in India. Son of Denzil John Holt Ibbetson (1823–1871), a railway engineer, and Clarissa Elizabeth Guilding. Soon the father took orders and moved with his family to Australia. Educated at St.Peter’s College in Adelaide,…
HAY, John. Stuartfield near Aberdeen 23.4.1812 — Madras 28.10.1891. Rev. British (Scottish) Missionary in India. Son of Patrick Hay, educated at Aberdeen University, M.A. 1833. Ordained priest 1839. “In 1839 joined the Madras Mission of the L[ondon] M[issionary] S[ociety], and the staff of the British and Foreign Bible Society about…
HAVELOCK, Henry. Bishopwearmouth (Sunderland), Durham 5.4.1795 — Dilkusha, Lucknow 25.11.1857. Sir. British Colonial Officer in India. Major-General. Son of William Havelock (1757–1837), a wealthy shipbuilder, and Jane Carter (1769–1811). “Educated at Swanscombe and the Charterhouse; entered the Middle Temple for the bar, but in 1815 went into the Army, studied…