DAWSON, James. Dunblane, Pertshire 29.9.1832 — India ?.2.1885. Rev. British Missionary in India. Ordained 1864 in Edinburgh and left for India. First in Nagpur and from 1869 worked for the Free Church of Scotland among Gonds in Chindwara, served there until death. Married Mary Logan Walker, four sons. Publications: “Gondi…
DAVY, John. Penzance 24.5.1790 — Lesketh-how near Ambleside, Cumbria 24.1.1868. British Physician and Chemist in Colonial Service. Son of Robert Davy (died c. 1795) and Grace Millet, brother of Sir Humphry Davy (1778–1829), a noted chemist. Educated in Helston and Barnstaple. Studies of chemistry at Royal Institute in London (under…
DARBY, Alfred. Ardley Wood End, Stevenage, Hertfordshire 16.9.1863 — 19??. Rev. British Missionary in India. Son of Walter Darby, a farmer, and his wife Sarah Elizabeth. “Graduated from St. Augustine’s College, Canterbury, in 1889, received his degree of M.A. from the archbishop of Canterbury 1905, and a B.D. from the…
DANN, George James. Oxford 1.7.1857 — 11.7.1941 (ancestry.com London 12.7.1942). British Baptist Missionary in India. Son of Rev. James Dann (1837–1924), a Baptist minister, and Mary Anne Ruffell. Went to India in 1884 as missionary. In 1911 in Bankipore (Bihar). Retired 1922 or 1923, taught then Greek and Hebrew at…
DANGERFIELD, Frederick. 25.8.1789 — Indore 6.12.1828. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Thomas Dangerfield and Mary Anne Laridge. Entered Bombay Army in 1804. Captain 1820. Until 1823 carried geological survey of the Himalaya, then until death Deputy Opium Agent in Malwa, where he apparently also had been earlier. Married 1823…
CROFTON, Henry Thomas. Preston, Lancashire 23.7.1848 — Berkshire 17.4.1928. British Gypsy Scholar. Born of an Anglo-Irish family, son of General John Ffolliott Crofton (1800–1885) and Anne Agnes Addison. Educated at Cheltenham College. Solicitor in Manchester. President of Gypsy Lore Society in 1908-09. Married 1871 Martha Pilling McKeand (d. 1931), one son…
CROMPTON, Charles Arthur. Cork, Munster 21.10.1848 — Cherat near Peshawar 6.7.1875. British (Irish) Colonial Officer in India. Son of Colonel William Joshua Crompton (1806–1896) and Isabella Frances Lindsey. Educated in England, entered army in 1869. Noted as a rugby player. Now soon to India, joined Royal Engineers. As Lieutenant served…
CRAUFURD, Quintin. Kilwinning, Ayrshire 22.9.1743 — Paris 23.11.1819. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Younger son of the elder Quintin Craufurd (d. 1749) and Ann Robinson. Joined E.I.C. when 18. As a typical Nabob he earned a fortune during his Indian service. Returned from India in 1780 and in 1783…
COURT, Major Henry. 1??? — 18??. British Colonial Officer in India. Major. There were at least three Major Henry Courts. First, the father (1783–1874), Major of Madras Artillery, married 1819 Frances Susan Tayler. Major Henry Court, the son (Ripley, Surrey 18.5.1822 – Eton, Berkshire 30.5.1891), in 1861 Commissioner in Meerut,…
COX, George William. Benares (Varanasi) 10.1.1827 — Walmer, dt. Dover, Kent 9.2.1902. Rev., 14th Baronet. British Historian. The eldest son of Captain George Hamilton Cox (d. 1841) and Eliza Kearton Horne. Sent to England in 1836, educated in Bath, Ilminster and Rugby. Studies at Trinity College, Oxford (B.A., 1859 M.A.),…