GRIFFIN, Lepel Henry. Walford, Hertfordshire 20.7.1840 (WikiTree ib. 20.7.1838) — London 9.3.1908. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Henry Griffin (1798–1863), a clergyman, and Frances Sophia Welsh, née Hunter. Educated at Harrow, never went to university. Joined the I.C.S. in 1860, served in the Punjab. In 1870 Chief…
GRIERSON, Mrs. (née Lucy Elizabeth Jean Collis). Dublin 7.7.1854 — Camberley, Surrey 19.9.1943. British (Irish) Woman in India, wife of —> G. A. Grierson (1851–1941). Daughter of Maurice Henry Fitzgerald Collis (1824–1869), M.D., a famous surgeon in Dublin, and Sarah Marcella Lyster Jameson. Married in 1880, lived 30 years in…
GRIERSON, George Abraham. Glenageary, county Dublin 7.1.1851 — Camberley, Surrey 7.3.1941. Sir. British (Irish) Indologist. Son of the elder G. A. Grierson (1794–1875), LL.D., Queen’s Printer for Ireland, and Isabella Ruxton. Educated at St. Bee’s School and in Shrewsbury, then studied at Trinity College in Dublin, studied mathematics, Hindustani and…
GREY, William George. Wellington, New Zealand 12.10.1866 — 6.4.1953. British Colonial Officer in India. Son on Major William Robert Grey (1826–1896) and Amy Hare. Joined the army in 1886, served in Natal, Straits Settlements and Gibraltar, in 1889 transferred to Indian army. From 1902 in political service, first as vice-consul…
GREAVES, Edwin. London 5.12.1854 — Melvern 18.9.1941. British Missionary in India. Educated in Islington and Western College. Served London Missionary Society in N.W.P. Principal of the society’s college in Benares, then of Missionary Language School in Lucknow, from 1882 at the new station in Kachwa, Mirzapur, finally in Calcutta. Retired…
GRAY, James. 1849 — 1905. British Indologist (Pāli Scholar) in Burma. From 1872 teacher at Akyab school under H. D. Gray, possibly his father, later on schoolmaster in Moulmein (1878). Then taught many years as Professor of Pāli at Rangoon High School. No further details found. Publications: First lessons in…
GRAY, Basil. South Kensington, London 21.7.1904 — Oxford 10.6.1989. British Art Historian specialized in Indian, Iranian, and Chinese Art. Son of Charles Gray (1834–1915), an army surgeon, and Florence Elworthy Cowell (1867–1956), educated at Bradfield School. Graduated 1927 from Oxford (New College), then studied briefly under Strzygowski at Vienna. In…
GRANT-DUFF, James Cunningham (born James Grant). Banff, Aberdeenshire 8.7.1789 — Fife 23.9.1858. British (Scots) Colonial Officer and Historian in India. Son of John Grant (1736–1799) and Margaret Duff (1757–1824), educated at Marischal College in Aberdeen. Joined the E.I.C.’s military service in Bombay in 1805. He “was at the storming of…
GRANT, Robert. Bengal, India 1779 (Wikitree 15.1.1780) — Dapuri, Pune, Maharashtra 9.7.1838. Sir. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of —> Charles Grant (1746–1823) and Jane Fraser, came to England with the family in 1790. Educated at Magdalen College, Cambridge. M.A. 1804. “Called to the bar at Lincoln’s Inn,…
GRANT, James. 1750 — near Esher, Surrey 22.10.1808. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Cousin of —> Charles Grant (1746–1823). Came to India as private adventurer (1772 already there), from 1778 writer in E.I.C.’s service. Served in Bengal in 1784-89 “selected by the Government to superintend the native management of…