MONAHAN, Francis John. Dublin 1865 — London 20.11.1923. British (Irish) Civil Servant and Historian of India. Son of James Henry Monahan (1803–1878), the Chief Judge of Ireland, and Frances Obriene/O’Beirne. From 1883 studied at Oxford (Balliol College),1885 joined I.C.S. Served in Bengal and Assam, finally Commissioner in Jalpaiguri. He planned…
MOLESWORTH, James Thomas. Baptised St.Giles, Camberwell 15.6.1795 (WikiTree: born 1795 in Peckham, Surrey) — Clifton, Gloucestershire 13.7.1872. British (Irish?) Colonial Officer and Indologist, specialist of Marāṭhī. Long time in India (1811?-36 and 51-60). The youngest son of the Hon. Richard Molesworth (1737–1799) and Catherine Cobb. After education in Exeter he…
MODDER, Frank (Francis Hudson Lowe Modder). Colombo 4.6.1861 — 5.6.1916. British Colonial Officer in Sri Lanka. Major. Son of John William Modder (1831–1863) and Caroline Frances Anjou. Member of the Ceylon Branch of Royal Ceylon Asiatic Society from 1890. Chief Justice. Married Edith Blanche Joseph (1866–1924), father of Montagu Frank…
M’KECHNIE, J. F. (Bhikkhu Silacara). Hull, Yorkshire 22.10.1872 — Chichester, West Sussex 27.1.1951. British (Scottish) Bauddha. Son of Scottish-English parents (but see Wikipedia) whom he lost early and grew in a family of relatives. He had to work early and attend an evening school in Glasgow. He read much. In…
MITCHELL, John Murray. Garvock near Aberdeen 19.8.1815 — Leith, Edinburgh 14.11.1904. Rev. British (Scottish) Missionary in India. Son of Rev. James Mitchell and Margaret Gordon. Educated in Kinneff (Kincardineshire) and Aberdeen, studied in Aberdeen, M.A. 1833 (Marischal College). Further studies of theology at Aberdeen and 1837-38 at Edinburgh. Ordained in…
MILNE, William Stanley. 1875 — 1917. British Civil Servant in India, where he stayed c. 1900-1917, in Bengal. Assistant Magistrate and Collector. Letters and papers in British Library. Married Jessie Elizabeth, at least one son. Possibly the same W.S.M. who came to Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1895 from Manchester. Publications:…
MILMAN, Henry Hart. London 10.2.1791 — Sunning Hill, Berkshire 24.9.1868. Rev. British Priest and Theologian interested in Sanskrit. Son of Sir Francis Milman, Bart. (1746–1821), a physician, and Frances Hart. Educated at Eton and from 1810 at Brasenose College, Oxford. B.A. 1814, M.A. 1816. In 1816 ordained as priest. In…
MILLS, James Philip. Cheshire 18.2.1890 — Dorchester, Dorset 12.5.1960. British Civil Servant and Anthropologist in India. Son of James Edward Mills and Ada Smith, educated at Winchester College and 1909-12 Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Entered I.C.S. 1913, served in Assam. During WW I served in Jumna Light Horse, from 1916…
MILL, William Hodge. Hackney, Middlesex 18.7.1792 — Brasted, Kent 25.12.1853. Rev. British Teacher and Indologist in India. Son of John Mill, of Dundee, and Martha Hodge. Privately educated by Dr. Belsham, a Unitarian preacher, studies at Trinity College, Cambridge: B.A. 1813, Fellow of Trinity College 1814, M.A. 1816. In 1818…
MILL, James (born J. Milne). Northwater Bridge, Logie Pert, Angus 6.4.1773 — Kensington (London) 23.6.1836. British (Scottish) Politician, Economist, Philosopher, and Historian of Colonial India. Son of James Milne, a shoemaker and small farmer, and Isabel Fenton. “Educated at Montrose Academy and Edinburgh University, studied philosophy. Was licensed as a…