SCRAFTON, Luke. 1732 (?) — at sea near Cape of Good Hope 1770. British Civil Servant in E.I.C.’s service. In 1756 in Dacca prisoner of the Nawab of Bengal. Then assisted Clive. After the Battle of Plassey Resident at Durbar of Murshidabad, then in Calcutta Council. Back in the U.K.…
SCOTT, James George. Dairsie, Fife 25.12.1851 — Petworth, West Sussex 4.4.1935. Sir. British (Scottish) Civil Servant and Journalist in Burma. Son of George Scott (1800–1861), a Presbyterian minister, and Mary Forsythe. Lost early his father, educated in Stuttgart and Cambridge. The loss of family fortune forced him to interrupt his…
SCANLAN, Charles Arthur Rose. 18?? — 1???. British Civil Servant in India (?). In 1872/79 he was Assistant Surveyor in Topographical Survey of India, Calcutta, worked in Gwalior and Central India. Married, at least one son. Publications: “Notes on the Gonds met with in the Sâtphurâ Hills, Central Provinces”, IA 1, 1872, 54-56; “Notes…
SAMMAN, Herbert Frederick. 1871 — 1940. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Henry Samman (b. 1821) and Georgina Ann. Educated in Stratford-on-Avon, studies at Cambridge (Emanuel College), passed I.C.S. examination in 1890. In 1892-1919 served in Bengal (in the 1890s briefly in Assam). In 1922-35 Lecturer in Bengali at…
SALT, Henry. Lichfield, Staffordshire 14.6.1780 — Desouk 80 km east of Alexandria, Egypt 30.10.1827. British Diplomat, Traveller, Collector of Antiquities and Pioneer of Egyptology. The youngest child of physician Thomas Salt and Alice Butt, educated in Lichfield, Market Bosworth and Birmingham. Trained as portrait-painter and went to London in 1797,…
RUSSELL, Robert Vane. Weymouth, Dorset 8.8.1873 — off the coast of Crete 30.12.1915. British Ethnologist in India. Son of Charles Robert Tilden Russell (1842–1918), a navy officer, and Cecilia (Cissie) Hutton-Potts (1852–1914). Educated at Winchester College, then studies at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1893 joined I.C.S. Assistant Commissioner in Central…
RICHARDS, Frederick John. 26.6.1875 — 19??. British Civil Servant and Archaeologist in India. Son of bank clerk John Richards and his wife Sarah. Educated at Merchant Taylors’ School. From 1893 studies at Oxford (Exeter College, B.A. 1897, M.A. 1902). Joined I.C.S. in 1898, served in Madras Presidency. Long time in Salem.…
ROUSSEAU, Samuel Kent. London, bapt. 20.9.1763 — London 4.12.1820. British Printer and Oriental Scholar. He is said to be a distant relative of J. J. Rousseau, of the English Huguenot branch of the family, descending from J. J. Rousseau’s granduncle, who had moved to London, but others deny this. Son of Philip…
ROUSE, George Henry. Melton, Suffolk 13.11.1838 — Worthing, Sussex 2.4.1909. Rev. British Baptist Missionary in India. Son of Rolla Rouse (1805–1887) and Elizabeth Jane Meadow. Became Baptist when 16. After Stepney College studies at London University. M.A., LL.B., D.D. Missionary in Calcutta in 1861-67, concentrating on Muslim population, returned because…
ROGERS, E. H. 18?? — 1899?. Head Master of the Lawrence Military Asylum in Sanawar, Himalayas (1858), in 1861 already Sub-Inspector of Army Schools (1879), retired. Publications: How to speak Hindustani, being an Easy Guide to Conversation in that Language for the use of Soldiers and others proceeding to India. 84…