DEASY, Henry Hugh Peter. Dublin 29.6.1866 — Carrigahorig, Co. Tipperary 24.1.1947. British (Irish) Officer and Traveller in Central Asia. Captain. Son of Right Hon. Richard Deasy (1812–1883), Lord Justice of Appeal (Ireland), and Monica O’Connor. He was “educated at Bournemouth and Dublin. Joined the 16th Lancers, 1888, and resigned his…
DAVIS, Samuel. West Indies 1760 — Croydon, Surrey 16.6.1819. British Engineer and Civil Servant in India, interested in Indian Astronomy. Son of an officer, John Davis (from 1759 Commissary general of West Indies) and his wife, née Phillips. Lost early his father and came to England with his mother. Cadet…
DAVIES, John. 1812? — London 18.9.1890. Rev. British Indologist and Welsh Scholar. From Salford. From 1838 studies at Cambridge (St.John’s College, B.A. 1842, M.A. 1845). Ordained priest 1842. Curate of Smallwood in 1853-57, Rector of Walsoken, Norfolk 1857-71, then retired from church service and moved to London. Married 1846 Mary…
DAVIES, Cuthbert Collin. Narbeth, Pembrokeshire 16.4.1896 — 5.11.1974. British (Welsh) Historian of South Asia. Son of David Collins Davies. Served as officer in WW I 1915-16 in France, then in Indian North-West Frontier and in the third Afghan war. Studied at University of Wales in Aberystwyth (B.A. 1923). Ph.D. 1926 Cambridge…
DAVIDSON, John. India 28.8.1845 — Menton, France (?) 9.9.1917. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of the physician Alexander Davidson (1797–1883) and Mary Anne Blundell. Educated at Winchester College, joined the army in 1863 and the Punjab Cavalry in 1866. From 1875 assistant adjutant-general in Pañjab Frontier Force. Served in…
DANIELL, William. Kingston upon Thames, London 1769/70 — Camden Town, London 16.8.1837. British Painter in India. Nephew of —> Thomas Daniell (1749–1840). Son of innkeeper William Daniell and his wife Sarah. After his father’s premature death in 1779 came to live with his uncle. “Accompanied his uncle … to India.…
DANIELL, Thomas. Kingston upon Thames, London 1749 — Kensington, London 19.3.1840. British Landscape Painter in India. Uncle of —> William Daniell (1769/70–1837). Studied and worked in London, in India 1785-94. “Son of an innkeeper… Was in India painting for ten years, from 1784, with his nephew… and published his pictures……
DAMES, Mansel Longworth. Bath 1850 — Crichmere, Guildford, Surrey 8.1.1922. British Civil Servant, Baluchi Scholar and Historian of India. Son of Captain George Longworth Dames (1808–1860, of Irish background) and Caroline Amelia Brunswick (1821–1918). Passed the I.C.S. examination in 1868 and 1870 joined Bengal Civil Service, first posted to the…
DAMANT, Guybon Henry. Cowes, Isle of Wight 9.5.1846 — Khonoma (now in Kohima dt.), Nagaland 14.10.1879. British Civil Servant and Ethnologist in India (1869-79). Son of Henry James Damant (1816–1901), a lawyer, and Elizabeth Johnson Knight (1823–1906). Educated at St. Paul’s School (or Merchant Taylor’s School?) in London. Studies from…
DALTON, Ormonde Maddock. Cardiff 30.1.1866 — Holford, Somerset 2.2.1945. British Art Historian and Classical Scholar, a Specialist of Early Christian Art. Son of Thomas Masters Dalton (1830–1908), a lawyer, and Emily Mansford, educated at Harrow and at New College, Oxford. Travelled in France, Germany, Austria (studied under Strzygowski), and India.…