STOKES, Eric Thomas. Hampstead, London 10.7.1924 — 5.2.1981. British Historian of South Asia. Son of Walter John Stokes and his wife Winifred. Educated in London and during early war in Towcester, Northamptonshire. From 1941 studies at Cambridge (Christ’s College). Two years 1944-46 of war service in Indian Mounted Artillery, then back…
STOCQUELER, Joachim Hayward. London 21.7.1801 — Bath 14.3.1885. British Journalist and Writer in India. Son of Joachim Christian St. (who had Italian mother and Portuguese father) and Elizabeth Hayward. Educated at Brochard’s academy in Camden. In 1819 joined E.I.C.’s army as non-commissioned officer and left for Bombay. Left army in 1824…
ST.GEORGE, Harry Hamersley. Ardersier, Inverness 11.12.1845 — 18.2.1897. British Colonial Officer in Sri Lanka. Lieutenant-Colonel. Son James Dorrington Nibbett St.George and Matilda Cohen. Spent many years in Ceylon, in 1885 participated in Sudan campaign. Last years in Edinburgh. Also an artist who painted landscapes and archaeological objects. Married, children. Publications: “The…
STEVENSON, James Arthur Robert. Mysore State 27.10.1800 — Ganjam, Karnataka 21.6.1837. British Civil Servant in India. Son of James Desert Stevenson (1751–1805), an officer in Indian army, and Elizabeth West. College education in Madras. Served in Madras Presidency. Collector in Dharwar (1824). Commissioner in Goomtoor (Gumsūr). Apparently still active in…
STEVENSON, Henry Noel Cochran. 1903 — 19??. British Civil Servant in Burma. But according to The London Gazette 11.1.1929 he was promoted second Lieutenant in 1928. Supplement to the same 8.6.1944 mentions him as Assistant Superintendent in Burma Frontier Service, made O.B.E. in Civil Division. Publications: “Status Evaluation in the Hindu…
STACE, Walter Terence. Hampstead, London 17.11.1886 — Laguna Beach, Calif. 2.8.1967. British Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of Major Edward Vincent Stace (1841–1903) of Royal Artillery and Amy Mary Watson (1856–1934). Educated ar Bath College (1895-1901) and at Fettes College in Edinburgh (1902-04). Planning priestly career he studied at…
SMART, Roderick Ninian. Cambridge 6.5.1927 — Lancaster 29.1.2001. British (Scottish) Scholar of Religion. Son of William Marchall Smart (1889–1975, from 1937 Regius Professor of Astronomy at Glasgow), and Isabel Carswell, educated in Glasgow. In 1945-48 served in army intelligence, one year in Sri Lanka. Then studied classics and philosophy at…
SLATER, Gilbert. Plymouth 27.8.1864 — Oxford 8.3.1938. British Economist and Social Reformer. Son of a school teacher, Daniel Slater. Studied economics (M.A.), one of the first doctors of the London School of Economics. In 1909-15 Principal of Ruskin College in Oxford. From 1915 the first Professor of economics at Madras…
SHORTT, John. Arcot (?) 26.2.1822 — Yerkaud 24.4.1889. British (Anglo-Indian) Physician in India. Son of the elder John Shortt (d. 1837), an E.I.C. officer, and his Indian wife Rose (1789–1841). Trained as apothecary at Madras Medical School until 1846. Then joined E.I.C. service and in 1850 was sent to Aberdeen…
SEDDON, Felix John Vaughan. Pendleton, Lancashire 1798 — Murshidabad 25.11.1865.British Oriental Scholar. Son of attorney William S. (1757–1808) and Penelope Watson (1761–1826), educated in Manchester. In 1815 left for India. From 1820 Registrar of Rangpur, 1824-25 accompanied the army in Burmese war as translator, knew Assamese and Manipuri, also Persian and…