PRINSEP, Henry Thoby. Thoby Priory, Essex 15.7.1792 (or 1793) — Freshwater, Ile of Wight 11.2.1878. British Civil Servant in India. Son of John Prinsep (1746–1830), soldier returned from India and turned into industrialist and politician, and Sophia Elizabeth Auriol (1760–1850), brother of —> James Prinsep (1799–1840). Educated privately and at…
PRINGLE, Arthur Torrens. 1852? — Madras ?.1.1904, when 51. British Civil Servant in India. “Assistant Secretary to the Madras Government, and a writer of note, whose labors and research have earned the gratitude of many better known workers.” At the time of his untimely death he was editing John Fryer’s…
PRICE, William. Worcester 1780 (or 1771 acc. to G.-V.) — Merryman’s Hill near Worcester ?.6.1830. British Colonial Officer and Oriental Scholar in India. In 1811-12 Assistant Secretary and Interpreter of Gore Ouseley’s mission to Persia. He kept a detailed diary, draw buildings and landscapes and copied cuneiform inscriptions. Returned to…
PRICE, John Frederick. Hobart, Tasmania 3.10.1839 — Exmouth, Devon 12.6.1927. Sir. British (Australian) Civil Servant in India. Son of John Giles Price (1809–1857, born in Cornwall) and Mary Franklin. Educated at Melbourne University, he joined the Madras Civil Service in 1862. Became Chief Secretary to Government of Madras in 1888…
PRICE, David. Merthyr Cynog near Brecon, Powys 1762 — 16.12.1835. British Colonial Officer in India, Persian Scholar and Historian. Major. Served in India in 1781–1805. Son of Rev. David Price (d. 1775), a curate, lost early his father. “Educated at Brecknock and Jesus College, Cambridge; Sizar; enlisted the E.I.Co.’s service,…
PRIAULX, Osmond de Beauvoir. Guernsey 5.3.1805 — London 15.1.1891. British Classical Scholar interested in India. Born in a wealthy family, son of Anthony Priaulx and Martha Gore, studied law at Cambridge (St. Claire’s College). Called to the bar 1832, but never practised law. Instead he lived in London as a…
PRENDERGAST, Thomas. Madras 22.4.1806 — Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 14.11.1886. Sir. British Civil Servant and Linguist in India. Son of General Sir Jeffrey Pr. (1769–1856), of Indian army, and Elizabeth Dalrymple. After studies at Haileybury in 1825-26 joined the Madras Civil Service, finally Magistrate and Collector of Ganjam (Buckl.) or Rajahmundry (Boase),…
PRATT, John Henry. London 4.6.1809 (?) — Ghazipur 28.12.1871. Rev. British Clergyman, Astronomer and Mathematician in India. Son of Rev. Josiah Pratt and Elizabeth Jowett. After Oakham School studies at Caius College, Cambridge. B.A. 1833, M.A. 1836. From 1838 chaplain in service of E.I.C., from 1850 Archdeacon of Calcutta. Fellow…
POTTINGER, Henry. Ballymacarrett, county Down 3.10.1788 — Malta 18.3.1855. Sir (Bart). British Colonial Officer in India. Born in a Berkshire family settled in Ireland. Son of Eldred Curwen P. and Anne Gordon, educated at Belfast; went to sea and to India [1804] to join the marine service, but entered the…
PORTMAN, Maurice Vidal. London, Ontario 21.3.1860 — Axbridge, Somerset 14.2.1935. British (of Canada) Naval Officer and Anthropologist in India. Son of Hon. Maurice Berkeley Portman (1833–1888) and Helen Vidal Harris (d. c. 1867). Joined Royal Marine in the age of 16. Commissioner of the Andamans in 1879–99. He had health problems,…