RIDOUT, John Bertram Mais. Bourne, Cambridgeshire 17.7.1866 — Swanage, Dorset 31.12.1944. British Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of Rev. John Dowell Ridout and Alician Maria Mais. Joined Ceylon C.S. District Surveyor from 1889, Assistant Superintendent 1897, Acting Superintendent 1901, Superintendent 1904. Still in Ceylon in 1914, in 1915 in war service…
RICHARDS, Glyn. Rhymney, Wales 6.8.1923 — Glamorgan, Wales 7.3.2003. Rev. British (Welsh) Philosopher and Scholar of Religion. Son of Thomas Richards and Rose Jones. Studies at University of Wales (B.A. 1950), Oxford (M.Litt. 1954) and McMaster University (M.A. 1969). Ordained priest 1952. In 1952-68 congregational minister in Swansea, Wales. In…
POWELL-PRICE, John Cadwgan. 11.6.1888— 13.2.1964. British (Welsh) Civil Servant in India. Son of Rev. Cadwgan Powell-Price, who was from 1890 Rector of Festiniog, then of Machynlleth. Himself served in India, i.al. as Director of Public Instruction, United Provinces (1939 there). Married 1923 Florence Evelyn Oakley. Publications: The Teaching of History…
POWELL, Eyre Burton. Brecknockshire, Wales 1818/19 — Streatham, London 10.11.1904. British Civil Servant in India. Son of the elder E. B. Powell (1795–1859) and Elizabeth Labeste, studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge (B.A. 1840, M.A. 1857). In 1848 (or 1840?) joined Madras Civil Service. Worked as teacher, finally Principal of Presidency…
POLE, John (de La Pole). 18?? — 19??. British Planter in Sri Lanka. In 1913 book his address was Scarborough Estate, Maskeliya, Ceylon and historyofceylontea.com on Scarborough Estate tells that he was Assistant Manager there in 1909-12. A likely candidate is found in thepeerage.com (with some additional derails in ancestry.com):…
PLAYFAIR, Alan. Algiers, Vryburg, Cape Province 15.6.1868 — Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia 30.9.1952. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Lambert Playfair (1828–1899) of Madras army and Agnes Rankin Webster (1832–1918). Served as Deputy Commissioner in Assam. Major (1909), then Lieutenant-Colonel. Retired 1921 and moved to…
PETTIGREW, William. Edinburgh 5.1.1869 — 19.1.1943. Rev. British Missionary in India. Son of a sea captain, lost early his mother and father remarried, grew up in a strict Anglican family. Decided early to become a missionary and completed High School at Ardington Aborigines Mission Training Centre. Arrived in India in…
PENNELL, Theodore Leighton. Clifton, Bristol 7.10.1867 — Bannu (now in Pakistan) 23.12.1912. British Missionary Physician in India. Lost early his physician father, educated at Eastbourne College. Studies at London University College and Hospital, M.D. 1891. Sent by Church Missionary Society arrived at Karachi in 1892, accompanied by his mother (d.…
PEAKE, Harold John Edward. Ellesmere, Shropshire 29.9.1867 — Boxford, Berkshire 22.9.1946. British lay Anthropologist and Archaeologist. Son of Rev. John Peake, Vicar of Ellesmere, and his wife Matilda. Hon. M.A. 1925 Liverpool. Trained in estate management at Leicester. With his wife went around the world and stayed some time in a…
PASKE, Edward Hanson. Madras 15.4.1829 — Parkstone, Dorsetshire 28.10.1907. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Colonel Thomas Theophilus Paske (1789–1860) and Susan Amelia Goldingham. Bengal cadet 1846. From 1854 served in the Punjab. Deputy-Commissioner of Kangra, then Lieutenant-Colonel. Retired 1877 on health reasons. Married 1856 Amelie Catherine Jervois (1833–1905), three…