RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford (Sir Stamford). on sea near Jamaica 6.7.1781 — Highwood Hill near London 5.7.1826. Sir. British Civil Servant and Scholar in South-East Asia. Born on board of the Ann sailing from Jamaica to England under his father, Captain Benjamin Raffles, mother was Anne Lyde (1755–1824). Living in London, only…
TURNOUR, George. Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 11.3.1799 — Naples 10.4.1843. British Civil Servant and Indologist in Sri Lanka. The eldest child of the elder G. Turnour, Earl of Winterton (1768–1813), who began as officer in India, but finally was civil servant in Ceylon, and a French mother, Emilie de Beaussett (d.…
TURNER, Samuel. Gloucestershire 19.4.1759 (hardly 1749) — London 2.1.1802. British Colonial Officer in India, a Traveller and Diplomat. “Connected with Warren Hastings; entered the military service of the E.I.Co., 1780, and was Captain in 1799. Was sent by Warren Hastings on an embassy to Tibet, from Jan. 1783 to March…
TURNER, Ralph Lilley. Charlton, London (or Cambridge?) 5.10.1888 — Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire 22.4.1983. Sir (1950). British Indologist. Professor in London. Son of George S. Turner (1852–1929) and Bertha Lilley (1857–1952). Learned Sanskrit at Perse School in Cambridge from —> W. H. D. Rouse, who was its Headmaster. Studied classical and…
TURNER, Dorothy Rivers (née Goulty). Romiley, Manchester 9.10.1892 — Haverbrack, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire 21.1.1972. British Linguist. Daughter of William Howard Goulty (1860–1957), a lawyer, and Helen Wood Longwill (1864–1922). M.A. From 1920 wife and collaborator of —> R. L. Turner (1888–1983). They had three daughters and one son. Publications: Indexes…
TURNBULL, Archibald. West Binnie, Kirkliston, West Lothian 26.7.1855 — Poldrail, Linlithgow, West Lothian 3.1.1905. Rev. British (Scottish) Missionary in India. Son of farmer Archibald Turnbull (1831–1915) and Agnes Wilson (1835–1896). B.D. As a Church of Scotland missionary worked from 1878 as teacher in Darjeeling. Returned 1895. Married 1882 Mary Jane…
TROTTER, Lionel James. Calcutta ?.9.1827 — Oxford ?.5.1912. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Edward Charles Trotter (1805?–1831), of Calcutta, and Sarah Dickey (1808?–1887). “Educated at Charterhouse and Merton College, Oxford. Entered Indian Army, 1847. Served in Panjab campaign, 1848-9, at Chilianwala and Gujarat; Burma war, 1853. Commanded at…
TREGEAR, Vincent. Truro, Cornwall 1787 — Haslar, Hampshire 24.1.1851 (findagrave.com Gosport, Hampshire 17.1.1851). British Colonial Officer in India. Colonel. Son of Henry Tregear and Elizabeth Doyle. In 1836 elected Honorary Member of A.S.B. (proposed by A. Cunningham). One source seems to indicate a connection with Royal Navy. Married 1810 Catherine Sibyl…
TREBECK, George. Middlesex 1800 — Shah Merdon, Afghanistan 30.8.1825. British Traveller in Central Asia. Son of Charles Trebeck. In 1815 arrived at Calcutta with his father and brother, trained as a solicitor. In 1819 became Moorcroft’s assistant in his travels in Kashmir and Afghanistan. Died of illness a few days…
TORRENS, Henry Whitelock. Canterbury 20.5.1806 — Calcutta 11.8.1852. British Civil Servant and Indologist in India. Son of Major-General Henry Torrens (1779–1828, of Northern Ireland) and Sarah Patton (1781–1863). Educated at Brook Green and the Charterhouse, from 1823 studied at Oxford (Christ Church; B.A. 1825). Entered the Inner Temple and served…