WESTMACOTT, Edward Vesey. Chastleton, Oxfordshire 1839 (or 1840?) — 1911. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Rev. Horatio Westmacott (1806–1862, cousin of —> G. R. Westmacott) and Penelope Spencer Ruscombe (1813–1894). Educated at Rugby. From 1857 studied at Oxford, B.A. 1862. Joined I.C.S. 1861. Served in Bengal. Married 1874 Annie…
WEST, Raymond. Ballyloughrane, co. Kerry 18.9.1832 — Upper Norwood, London 8.9.1912. Sir. Irish (of English background) Civil Servant in India. Son of Frederick Henry West,a journalist, and Frances Raymond. Grew up in Kensington, Dublin, etc., the family moved often, matriculated from Queen’s College, Galway. Studies of law atat Queen’s University,…
WEST, Edward William. London 2.5.1824 — Watford, Hertfordshire 4.5.1905. British Indologist and Iranian Scholar in India. Born in a family of architects and engineers, both parents had been in India (father William West in Bombay, mother Margaret Anderson in Calcutta), elder brother of —> A. A. West (1827–1913). In 1839-42…
WEST, Arthur Anderson. London 23.8.1827 — Theydon Bois, Essex 1913. British Engineer in India. Son of William West and Margaret Anderson, younger brother of —> E. W. West (1824–1905), whom he assisted in his epigraphical studies. Educated at King’s College in London. Went to India in 1847. Engineer, like his…
WELLSTED, Thomas Arthur. London 3.4.1904 — Cheltenham, Gloucestershire ?.10.1989 (or 1990?). British Mining Engineer in India. Son of Thomas Wilhelm Wellsted (1865–1919) and Lucy Kayser (1882–1950). B.Sc. 1926 London, in mining. Manager of mine in Central India (Madhya Pradesh). In 1933 surveyed the remains of Ramtek. In 1938 living in…
WEBSTER, William Frederick. London 15.7.1855 — London 10.3.1929. British Lawyer and Indologist. Son of William Thomas Webster. Attended the City School in London, from 1874 studies at Trinity College, Cambridge (i.al. under Cowell). B.A. 1878, Indian Language Trip., 1st class 1879, M.A. 1881. From 1879 law studies, Lincoln’s Inn, in…
WAYLAND, Edward James. London 23.1.1888 — Ramsgate, Kent 11.7.1966. British Geologist and Civil Servant in Sri Lanka and Africa. Son of Edward Wayland and Emily Street, educated at the City of London College, the Royal College of Science, and the Royal School of Mines. Conducted geological fieldwork in Egypt 1909…
WATTERS, Thomas. Newtownards, County Down, Ireland 9.2.1840 — Ealing (London) 10.1.1901. British (of Northern Ireland) Diplomat and Sinologist. Son of a Presbyterian minister, Rev. Thomas Watters, a Presbyterian minister, and Elizabeth Marshall Clendinning, educated at home. From 1857 studies at Queen’s College, Belfast, B.A. 1861 and M.A. 1862 Queen’s University.…
WATT, George. Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire 24.4.1851 — Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire 2.4.1930. Sir. British (Scottish) Physician and Botanist in India. Son of John Watt, educated at King’s College and Marischal College in Aberdeen, from 1871 studies at Glasgow University (M.B. & D.M. 1873). From 1873 Professor of Botany at Calcutta University (Presidency…
WATSON, John Whaley. India 25.12.1837 — Rajkot, Gujarat 24.3.1889. British Colonial Officer in India, interested in Archaeology and History. Son of Colonel John Willis Watson of Bombay Artillery and Emma Armitage. Served in Bombay Staff Corps. In the end of the 1870s President of Rājasthānik Court in Kathiawar, in 1881-89 political…