ROE, Thomas. Low Leyton near Wanstead in Essex 1580/81 — Bath 6.11.1644. Sir. British Diplomat in India. Son of Sir Robert Rowe and Elinor Jermy, lost early his father. After early studies 1593-97 at Oxford (Magdalen College) he became esquire of the body to Queen Elizabeth I and was knighted…
ROE, Charles Arthur (or C. Arthur Roe). Blandford Forum, Dorset 4.9.1841 — Oxford 28.1.1927. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. Son of wine merchant John Bannister Roe (1802–1869) and Mary Anne Allies. Educated at Lancing, Sussex, studied at Merton College, Oxford Boden Sanskrit scholar there. Joined the Civil Service in…
RODGERS, Charles James. Wilne Mills, Derbyshire 1838 — Lahore 20.11.1898. British Teacher and Oriental Scholar in India. Born in a Derbyshire hamlet, his father was the manager of a cotton-spinning factory. “Educated at Shardlow and Milford in Derbyshire, and at Borough Road College, London. While master of a National School…
ROBERTSON, William. Borthwick, Midlothian 19.9.1721 — Edinburgh 11.6.1793. British (Scottish) Historian. The eldest son of Rev. William Robertson (1686–1745) and Eleanor Pitcairn (d. 1745), educated at Borthwick Parish School and Dalkeith Grammar School. He studied theology at Edinburgh, 1733-41. In 1743-59 minister at Gladsmuir in East Lothian, then in Edinburgh.…
ROBERTSON, George Scott. Southwark, London 22.10.1852 — London 2.1.1916. Sir. British (Scottish) Physician in India. Surgeon Major. Served and travelled in the North-West. Son of pawnbroker Thomas James Robertson and Robina Corston Scott, both of Orkney. “Educated at Westminster Hospital. Entered the Indian medical service, 1878, served in Afghan campaign,…
ROBERTS, Sydney Gordon. 18?? — 19??. British Civil Servant in South India. In 1899 already there, 1915-18 District and Sessions Judge in Cuddalore, then retired. Back in the U.K. he was Lecturer in Tamil and Telugu at Oxford (1924). He collected Tamil proverbs, assisted the preparation of Tamil Lexicon, and…
ROBERTS, Ernest Stewart. Swineshead, Lincolnshire 1847 — Cambridge 16.6.1912. Rev. British Classicist and Linguist. Lecturer in Cambridge. Son of Dr. Stewart Blacker Roberts (1819–1877) and Selina Milson (1829–1869). Educated at Boston School, studies at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Fellow there 1870, Tutor 1876, Senior Tutor 1885, President 1894 (or…
RIVETT-CARNAC, John Henry (Harry). Marylebone, London 16.9.1838 — Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland 11.5.1923. British Colonial Officer and Scholar of Indian Prehistory. Colonel. Born in a family with long tradition of Indian service, son of Admiral John Edward Rivett-Carnac (1796–1869) and Maria Jane Davis. In 1858-94 worked in Bengal Civil Service (i.a.…
RIVERS, William Halse Rivers. Luton near Chatham, Kent 12.3.1864 — Cambridge 4.6.1922. British Physician and Anthropologist. Son of Rev. Henry Frederick Rivers and Elizabeth Hunt, educated at Tonbridge. From 1882 studies of medicine in St.Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. In 1887 went as ship’s surgeon to Japan and North America. M.D. 1888…
RISLEY, Herbert Hope. Akeley, Buckinghamshire 4.1.1851 — Wimbledon 30.9.1911. Sir Herbert. British Civil Servant and Anthropologist in India. Son of a rector, Rev. James (or John?) Holford Risley (1810–1883), and Frances Elton Hope. Educated at Winchester, studies at New College, Oxford (B.A. 1872). Joined Bengal Civil Service in 1873. Secretary…