BARROW, George. Mayfair, London 22.10.1806 — West Molesey, Surrey 27.2.1876. Sir, 2nd Baronet. British Civil Servant. Son of Sir John Barrow (1764–1848), first Bart., a geographer, linguist and historian, and Anna Maria Truter (1777–1857), a botanical artist. Educated at Charterhouse. From 1825 Clerk at Colonial Office, Senior Clerk 1843, Chief…
BARRETT, Douglas Eric. 10.3.1917 — 26.9.1992. British Art Historian of India. School and studies of Classics at Oxford. In 1939-46 Major in British Artillery, served in WW II as commando. From 1947 in British Museum, first working with Islamic art. Now also studied Arabic and Persian at S.O.A.S. He developed…
BANESS, Joshua Frederick. Delhi 30.1.1830 — Simla 7.6.1884. British Civil Servant in India. Born in India, son of Athanes Baness (1802–1845) ja Harriet Lumley (1808–1880), the surname Baness is Scottish. Surveyor and Chief Draftsman in Geographical and Drawing Branch of the Survey of India (1881).Married 1856 Marie Knight (b. 1832)…
BAIN, Francis William. 29.4.1863 — 24.2.1940. British Fantasy Writer. Studied at Oxford. He lived long time in India (in I.C.S. 1892-1919) and presented his own writings as translations of Indian texts. For Indology they have of course no value. An impostor like he has no right to be included here.…
AYTON, James Alexander. Calcutta 28.7.1791 — near Budge Budge (now in Kolkata Metropolitan area) 10.8.1832, when 41. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of James Ayton and Margaret Burges, of Scottish origin. Lieutenant, Assistant Professor of Arabic and Persian at College of Fort William in Calcutta (1820), later Brevet Captain.…
ANDREW, William. 1??? — 1???. Apparently an Englishman who had been in India. His both grammars were meant for the students of Haileybury East India College by the author, who was then living in Woodford, Essex, although, as he states in the preface of the second, originally written for private…
ANDERSON, James. Edinburgh 1758 — Bath 3.10.1833. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Son of David Anderson (1707–1786, factor to the Earl of Wemyss) and Mary Mitchelson. Studied at Edinburgh 1768-74, graduated. Joined E.I.C. in 1775, 1782 Lieutenant. Learned Persian and Arabic. In 1785 succeeded his brother David as the…
ANDERSON, Charles William. 18?? — 19??. British (Scottish) Engineer in India. Worked on Bengal–Nagpur railway in Chakradharpur (in 1911/20 there). Indian Army List for 1915 mentions Lieutenant Ch.W.A. in Chakradharpur. JBORS 3, 1917, 423 says he was engineer of Bengal–Nagpur railway in Chakradharpur and gracesguide.co.uk has him there as a…
WRIGHT, Joseph. Idle near Bradford, Yorkshire 31.10.1855 — Oxford 27.2.1930. British Linguist. Son of Dufton Wright (d. 1866), a woollen cloth weaver and quarryman, and Sarah Ann Atkinson, a modest family. Working from childhood in various odd jobs he started night-school when 15 (only now learned to read properly), soon…
WRIGHT, Henry Nelson. Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh 29.10.1869 — England 13.5.1941. British Civil Servant and Numismatist In India, concentrating on Muslim coins. Son of Francis Nelson Wright (1840–1900) of I.C.S. and Amelia Hannah Barness (1842?–1885?), educated at Eton. Studied two years classics at Oxford (Corpus Christi College). In 1890 sailed to…