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…
GOLDINGHAM, John (born Johannes Guldenheim). London 1767 — Worcester ?.7.1849. British Mathematician and Astronomer in India, also an Architect and Surveyor. Son of Benjamin Guldenheim, of Denmark, and Elizabeth Williams. From 1788 assistant to sailor-astronomer Michael Topping (1747–1796) and thus came to Madras. Succeeded Topping as the astronomer of Madras…
GOGERLY, Daniel John. London 25.8.1792 — buried Colombo 6.9.1862. British Methodist Missionary in Ceylon. Son of Daniel Gogerly (1762–1838) and Elizabeth Forster. Worked as a printer, but soon (1806) joined the Wesleyan Mission. Arrived at Jaffna in October 1818 taking the supervision of Methodist Mission press. Ordained priest 1823, in…
GODWIN-AUSTEN, Henry Haversham (until 1854 H. H. Austen). Teignmouth, Devon 6.7.1834 — Godalming, Surrey 2.12.1923. British Colonial Officer and Scientist in India. Son of Robert A. C. Austen (later Godwin-Austen, 1808–1884), a geologist, and Maria Godwin. After school at Guildford he went in 1848 to Sandhurst. Entered the army in…
GLEIG, George Robert. Stirling 20.4.1796 — Stratfield Turgis near Winchfield, Hampshire 9.7.1888. Rev. British (Scottish) Priest and Historian of Colonial India. Son of George Gleig (1753–1840), Bishop of Brechin, and Janet Hamilton, educated in Glasgow. Studied theology at Balliol College, Oxford. Leaving his studies unfinished he entered the army in…
GLADWIN, Francis. 1744/45? — 1812. British Colonial Officer and Orientalist (Persian Scholar) in India. Served in the Bengal Army at least 30 years, until his death. He was encouraged by Warren Hastings in his study of Oriental languages, mainly worked on Persian literature. From 1801 he was the first Professor…
GILL, Robert. Hackney, London 26.9.1804 — on route from Ajanta to Bhusawal 10.4.1879. British Colonial Officer (Major), Artist and Antiquarian in India. Son of a stockbroker, John Gill and his wife Ann. Entered the Indian Army in 1824, served in Madras, retired 1852. Appointed by his superiors to this work…
GILES, Peter Brown. Strichen, Buchan dt., Aberdeenshire 20.10.1860 — Cambridge 17.9.1935. British (Scottish) Linguist and Classical Philologist. Reader in Cambridge. Son of Peter Giles, a factor, and Margret Eddie Brown. Educated at King’s College, from 1878 studies at Aberdeen University, after graduation from 1882 at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.…