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…
GRANT, Charles. Bombay 22.2.1836 — London 12.4.1903. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. Son of —> Robert Grant (1779/80–1838) and Margaret Davidson, educated at Harrow, Trinity College (Cambridge) and Haileybury. Went to India in 1858, served in the N.W.P. and Central Provinces. Secretary to the Chief Commissioner 1861, Commissioner 1870.…
GRANT, Charles (Gaelic Teàrlach Grannd). Aldourie, Inverness-shire 16.4.1746 — London 31.10.1823. British (Scottish) Politician interested in Indian Affairs. Son of Alexander Grant (d. 1762), who on his birthday was fighting for the Jacobites against British Crown (Rapson claims he was killed then, but see Wikipedia), and Margaret MacBean (d. 1758).…
GOWEN, Herbert Henry. Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 29.5.1864 — Bainbridge Island, Washington, U.S.A. 6.11.1960. British Priest and Oriental Scholar in the U.S.A. Professor in Seattle. Son of Henry Cobb Gowen (1834–1918) and Mary Fuller, educated at St.Augustine’s College in Canterbury (A.B. 1888). Deacon 1886, priest 1889. D.D. 1912 Whitman College. In…
GOVER, Charles Edward. Poplar, Middlesex (ancestry.com: Chatham, Kent) 13.6.1836 — Madras (Chennai) 18.9.1872 (not 20.9.). British Indologist and Folklorist in India. Son of Thomas Gover and his wife Anne. From 1864 Principal and secretary of the Madras Military Orphan Male Asylum at Egmore, Madras. Married 1863 Clara Gertrude Taylor (1845–1917),…
GOUGH, Richard. London 21.10.1735 — Enfield, Middlesex 20.2.1809. British Antiquarian. Son of Harry Gough (1681–1751), M.P. and Director of E.I.C., and Elizabeth Hynde. Studies at Cambridge (Corpus Christi), 1752-56, without degree. Travelled much in the U.K., but never abroad, from 1774 resided in the family estate in Enfield. F.R.S. 1778.…
GOUGH, Archibald Edward. London 2.3.1845 — 1915 (buried 20.12.1915 in Guernsey). British Teacher and Indologist in India. Son of Alexander Richard Gough (1804–1871), anarchitect in London and Mary Ann Bainbridge, educated at Lincoln College. Studies at Oxford (M.A.). Anglo-Sanskrit Professor at Government College in Benares in 1868-77, then 1877-86 Professor…
GORDON, Thomas Edward. Aberdeen 12.1.1832 — Kensington (London) 23.3.1914. Sir. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Son of captain William Gordon (1788–1834) and Maria Carlotta Loi Gonçalves de Mello (of Spain), educated at Edinburgh Military Academy, with his twin brother (Sir John James Hood Gordon, 1832–1904) entered the army (the…
GORDON, Douglas Hamilton. 1895 — Hingham, Norfolk 16.2.1961. British Colonial Officer and Archaeologist in India. Colonel. Educated at Wellington College and R.M.C. in Sandhurst, went to India in 1914. War service in Mesopotamia, then long military career in India, mainly in N.W.F. Province. Retired 1946. In retirement concentrated on his…
GORDON, Charles Alexander. Aberdeen 27.5.1821 — London 30.9.1899. British Physician, Surgeon-General in India. Son of an officer, William Alexander Gordon (1769–1856). Studies at Edinburgh and St.Andrews (M.D. 1849). From 1841 Assistant Surgeon in Army Medical Department, served in North India, 1847-48 on West Africa expedition and 1860-61 in China. In…