LUMSDEN, Harry Burnett. On board of the Rose in the Bay of Bengal 12.11.1821 — Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire 12.8.1896. Sir. British (Scottish) Colonial Offcer in India. Lieutenant-General. Son of Colonel Thomas Lumsden (1789–1874) and Hay Burnett, cousin of —> Matthew Lumsden (1777–1839). After early years in Bengal, when he was six…
LOWSLEY, Barzillai (until 1863 Lousley). Berkshire 19.9.1840 — 25.7.1905. British Colonial Officer. From Hampstead Norreys, near Newbury (probably born there), son of Job and Ruth Lousley, a farmer family. After Royal Military Academy he joined Royal Engineers as Lieutenant. Served in Barbados, 1862-72, then in Ceylon. Retired 1882 as Lieutenant-Colonel, in 1895…
LOWE, John Robert Alexander Shakespear. Calcutta 19.2.1825 — Middlesex 15.1.1906. British Colonial Officer in India. Lieutenant-Colonel (1872). Son of John Lowe and Harriet Shakespear. In 1865 he was Deputy Assistant Commissary in Benares, but no further details about his career are found. Married 1848 Eliza Price Hobday (d. 1855), two daughters and one…
LOW, James. Causland, Midlothian (Wikipedia: Kingskettle, Fife) 4.4.1791 — Edinburgh 1852. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer. Son of Alexander Low and Anne Thompson, educated at Edinburgh College. Cadet in E.I.C.’s army 1812. In 1819-40 served in Penang (learned Malay and Thai), 1840-45 Assistant Resident in Singapore, 1824 led the second official…
LORIMER, Florence Mary Glen (from 1928 Mrs. Cardew). Strathmartine near Dundee 11.12.1883 — 15.2.1967. British Librarian. Daughter of Rev. Robert Lorimer (1840–1925) and Isabella Lockhart Robertson, sister of —> D. L. R. Lorimer (1876–1962) and others. Educated at Dundee High School and Notting Hill High School. Studies at Oxford (Somerville College)…
LOGAN, James Richardson. Hutton Hall, Berwickshire, Scotland 10.4.1819 — Penang 20.10.1869. British (Scottish) Lawyer. Son of Thomas Logan, a farmer, and Elizabeth Moffat Logan (his cousin). Educated at Academy of Dunse in Berkshire. Then law apprentice under his barrister cousin in Edinburgh. In 1839 left for Penang in order to…
LILLINGSTON, Frank (also called Lillington). Tysse near Bergen, Norway 2.8.1872 — Aylsham, Norfolk 7.9.1909. Rev. British Clergyman. Son of Rev. Claude Augustus Lillingston (1836–1905), who had emigrated to Norway in 1865, and Edith Pares. Studies at Cambridge (Pembroke College), B.A. 1894, M.A. 1898. Ordained priest 1897. In 1897-98 Theological Lecturer at…
LEWIS, R. E. (or G. C.?). 1817? — Anerley ?.3.1899. British Businessman in Sri Lanka. Arrived in 1841, when 24, representing Parlett, O’Halloran & Co. In 1848-53 the editor of the Ceylon Examiner. In 1853 left for England, returned 1855 and worked in business. Finally returned to England in 1870. Publications: “The…
LEWIN, Thomas Herbert. Lewisham, London 1.4.1839 — Abinger, Surrey 11.2.1916. British Colonial Officer in India, Linguist and Ethnologist. Lieutenant-Colonel. Son of George Herbert Lewin (1808–1856), a law clerk, and Mary Friend (1811–1890). Educated at Littlehampton, Eltham and Addiscombe. In 1857 came to India and immediately had to participate in campaigns…
LEEPER, Frederick James. Dublin 1831 — Vernham Dean, Wiltshire 16.1.1906. Rev. British (Irish?) Missionary in South India. Went to India in 1856, trained in Madras, ordained deacon 1857, priest 1860. Worked in Tinnevelly, Secunderabad, Kumbakonam, Tranquebar and Cuddalore. Retired in 1881, from 1887 curate of Vernham Dean. Married 1857 Mary…