STEWART, Charles

STEWART, Charles. Lisburn, Antrim 1764 — Bath 19.4.1837. British Colonial Officer and Oriental Scholar in India. Son of Captain Poyntz Stewart, in 1781 joined E.I.C.’s army as cadet. Served in Upper India and Rohilkhand. From 1800-06 taught Persian at Fort William College. In 1805 the College sent him to Mysore…

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STEPHENSON, John (elder)

STEPHENSON, John. 1??? — 1???. British (?) Civilian (“Mr.”) in India. There are several contradictory accounts. Possibly he was that J.St. of Tyneside who went to India in 1829 with his wife Elizabeth Brumwell and remained 12 years in E.I.C.’s service before returning to the U.K. They had four children.…

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STEPHENS, H. Morse

STEPHENS, Henry Morse. Edinburgh 3.10.1857 — Berkeley 16.4.1919. British Historian in the U.S.A. Professor in Berkeley. Son of John Edward Stephens of Indian army and Emma Morris. Educated from 1871 at Haileybury College, studies from 1877 at Balliol College, Oxford (B.A. 1880, M.A. 1892). Lecturer in Indian History at Cambridge, 1892-94.…

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STEPHENS, Celeus Leon

STEPHENS, Celeus Leon. Westminster 11.1.1847 — Bogn, Bengal 21.12.1919. Rev. British Calvinist Missionary in India. Son of George St. and Mary Franklin Arnold, grew up in Carmarthen (Wales). Educated at Trevecca College in Pembroke. Ordained priest 1870. Pastor in Pembrokeshire 1870-72 and London 1872-78. Member of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists’…

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STEPHEN, James Grant

STEPHEN, James Grant. Calcutta 28.7.1819 — Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 22.2.1897. British Colonial Officer. Major. Son of William George Stephen (1792–1823), captain of Bengal Engineers, and Esther Thomason. Served in Bengal Army, retired 1856. Now studies at Cambridge (B.A. 1861, M.A. 1864). From 1860 a few years (to 1863?) Lecturer in Hindustani…

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STEEL, Flora Annie

STEEL, Flora Annie (née Fl. A. Webster). Sudbury, Middlesex 2.4.1847 — Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire 12.4.1929. Mrs. British Author, spent 22 years in India. Daughter of George Webster and Isabella MacCallum. In 1867 married Henry William Steel (1840–1923) of I.C.S. and left for India. They lived mainly in the Punjab until 1889, then…

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STARKEY, Samuel Cross

STARKEY, Samuel Cross. London 3.3.1807 — Wrenbury Hall, Cheshire 28.3.1888. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of John Cross Starkey and Gracia Turnbull Penman. Captain, then Major. At his father’s death in 1855 inherited the property in Cheshire and returned to England, living the rest of his life at Wrenbury Hall. Married…

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STARK(E), J. (James?)

STARK(E), James (or John?). Kirkcudbright 5.5.1798 — Troqueer Holm near Dumfries 8.11.1879. Hon. British (Scottish) Lawyer in Sri Lanka. From 1824 lawyer in Edinburgh. Queen’s Advocate in Ceylon 1838-40, then Puisne Justice of Supreme Court in Colombo (still 1849). In 1845 the first President of the Ceylon Branch of R.A.S.…

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STACY, Lewis Robert

STACY, Lewis Robert. Oxford 11.12.1787 — Neemuch (Nimach), M.Pr. 18.7.1848. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Rev. Henry Peter Stacy (1760–1808) and Ann Keele (1757–1799). Joined E.I.C.’s army in 1804, served in different parts of northern India. Lieutenant-Colonel of Bengal Native Infantry. Married Sophia Maria Grimes (1795–1845), three daughters.…

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SPRING, Francis

SPRING, Francis. 17?? — 18??. Rev. British Missionary of Church Missionary Society in India. M.A. Chaplain of Madras Army  in Tellicherry from before 1817, when he founded a school there. Returned to the U.K. in 1824. The first name is somewhat uncertain, some Internet sources call him Frederic James. On…

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