HEAD, Barclay Vincent. Ipswich, Suffolk 2.1.1844 — London 12.6.1914. British Numismatist. Son of John Head and Elizabeth Bailey, a quaker family. From 1864 working in British Museum, from 1893 as Keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals. Retired in 1906. Honorary degrees of Durham 1887 and Oxford 1905. Married…
HAY, William Edmund. near Bath 31.1.1805 — Croydon, London 12.12.1879. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Major. Born in a gentry family, son of Major James Hay (1771–1822) and Mary Ramsay. Cadet of E.I.C. 1821. Participated in Afghan War, in 1844 departed from army because of personal problems (unhappy marriage).…
HAYDEN, Henry Hubert. Londonderry 25.7.1869 — Finsteraarhorn, Switzerland 12.8.1923 (official date 28.8. when his body was found). Sir. British Geologist in India. Educated at Hilton College in South Africa. Studies of geology at Trinity College in Dublin (B.A.). In 1895 joined the Geological Survey of India. Conducted studies in the Himalayas,…
HAWKES, Henry Philip. 1834 — St.Ives, Cornwall 1900. British Colonial Officer in India. From 1850 Cadet in Madras Army, 1855 Lieutenant. Colonel (1886) and finally 1894 Lieutenant-General. Married 1855 Louisa Mary Shepherd (1836–1895), two daughters and two sons, and 1897 Sarah Anne Dewrance (1856–1932). Publications: Brief Sketch of the Gold,…
HARTSHORNE, Bertram Fulke. Cogenhoe, Northamptonshire 1844 — Brentford, Middlesex ?.3.1922. British Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of Rev. Charles Henry Hartshorne (1802–1865) and Frances Margaretta Kerrich. Educated at Charterhouse School, graduated B.A. from Pembroke College, Oxford. Arrived in Ceylon in 1869. Returned 1874 and settled in Oxford and became…
HARTMANN, Hans Adolf Dietrich. Rüstringen bei Wilhelmshaven 18.11.1909 — 11.12.2000. German Linguist and Celtologist. Son of a policeman, Gustav Hartmann, and Johanna Theiken, educated in Jever. From 1928 studies of classics, Indology and IE at Marburg, 1930 moved to Berlin. Ph.D. 1933 Berlin (diss. on Russian). In 1937-39 studied Irish…
HARRISON, H. J. 1??? — 1???. Rev. Missionary. Educated at Bishop’s College in Calcutta. In 1841 missionary in Barrioore near Calcutta, also studies at Bishop’s College. Around 1847 assisted as Catechist Rev. Driberg in founding the new Nurbudda Mission for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. One contemporary…
HARRIS, Henry. Mountrath, county Laois, Ireland 3.1.1758 — Madras 10.8.1822. British (Irish?) Physician in India. Son of John Harris (1715–1776) and Sarah Deaves. M.D. Arrived in 1783 at Madras. Married 1786 in Madras Jane Charles, three sons and two daughters (findagrave.com has three wives, 1786 Jane Charles, 1805 Mary and…
HARRIS, Claudius Richard William. India 1826 — 1862. British Colonial Officer and Artist in India. In India from 1846. He was Captain in Madras Light Cavalry, when he sketched Mandu in 1852, still 1857. In 1861 living in Oxford. Married Alicia Maria Shirley (d. 1857). Publications: The Ruins of Mandoo, the…
HAMILTON, Alexander. 16?? — after 1733. British Sea Captain. First sailed in Europe, North Africa and West Indies. In 1688-1723 trading and travelling in the East, operating from Surat. In 1717 commander of E.I.C.’s Bombay Navy, suppressing pirates. Publications: A New Account of the East Indies. 1-2. 29+8+396+309+10 p. Edinburgh…