DANGERFIELD, Frederick. 25.8.1789 — Indore 6.12.1828. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Thomas Dangerfield and Mary Anne Laridge. Entered Bombay Army in 1804. Captain 1820. Until 1823 carried geological survey of the Himalaya, then until death Deputy Opium Agent in Malwa, where he apparently had also been earlier. Married…
DANDOY, Georges. Hemptinne, Namur 5.2.1882 — Calcutta 11.6.1962. S.J. Belgian Missionary, Indologist and Theologist in India. Studied philosophy at Namur (1905-05) and at Stonehurst Jesuit College, England (1905-07), then 1907-09 Sanskrit at Oxford. Taught at St.Xavier’s College in Calcutta in 1909-12, then 1912-16 theological studies at St.Mary’s in Kurseong near…
CUTTAT, Jacques-Albert (pseudonym Jean Thamar). Delémont, canton Jura 1909 — Bern 5.6.1989. Swiss Diplomat, Lawyer and Esotericist. Son of a wealthy banker. School in Basel. Studies at Bern, London and Paris. Dr. (of Law?). From 1935 worked as diplomat, also PD of Commercial Law at Bern. For a while taught…
CURIEL, Raoul. Cairo 23.6.1913 — Paris 23.2.2000. French (citizen 1947) Indologist, Iranian Scholar, Numismatist and Archaeologist. Son of Daniel Nessim Curiel (d. 1948), and his wife Zephira, a wealthy banker, of a Francophone Sephardic Jewish family. In 1933 came to Paris for law study, but also studied Indology (Lévi, Bloch…
CROFTON, Henry Thomas. Preston, Lancashire 23.7.1848 — Berkshire 17.4.1928. British Gipsy Scholar. Born of an Anglo-Irish family, son of General John Ffolliott Crofton (1800–1885) and Anne Agnes Addison. Educated at Cheltenham College. Solicitor in Manchester. President of Gypsy Lore Society in 1908-09. Married 1871 Martha Pilling McKeand (d. 1931), one son…
CROMPTON, Charles Arthur. Cork, Munster 21.10.1848 — Cherat near Peshawar 6.7.1875. British (Irish) Colonial Officer in India. Son of Colonel William Joshua Crompton (1806–1896) and Isabella Frances Lindsey. Educated in England, entered army in 1869. Noted as a rugby player. Now soon to India, joined Royal Engineers. As Lieutenant served…
CRAUFURD, Quintin. Kilwinning, Ayrshire 22.9.1743 — Paris 23.11.1819. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Younger son of the elder Quintin Craufurd and Ann Robinson. As a typical Nabob he earned a fortune in India in E.I.C.’s service. Returned from India in 1780 and in 1783 settled in Paris, where he…
COURT, Henry. 1??? — 18??. British Colonial Officer in India. Major. There were at least three Major Henry Courts, father (1783–1874), son (Ripley, Surrey 18.5.1822 – Eton, Berkshire 30.5.1891, in 1861 Commissioner in Meerut) and grandson (Dinapore 10.5.1843 – Croydon, Surrey 1892). The eldest is certainly not possible (except for…
COX, George William. Benares 10.1.1827 — Walmer, Kent 9.2.1902. Rev., 14th Baronet. British Historian. The eldest son of Captain George Hamilton Cox (d. 1841) and Eliza Kearton. Sent to England in 1836, educated in Bath, Ilminster and Rugby. Studies at Trinity College, Oxford (B.A., 1859 M.A.), ordained priest 1850. Served…
COX, Edward Thomas. London 9.7.1807 — Chicacole (Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh) 28.8.1854. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of John Lewis Cox of Hamcommon, Surrey, and Jane Caroline Axtell. Cadet 1827, then Captain in Madras Army (1847) and Major.Married 1834 Sophia Gordon Hands (1815–1885), four sons and three daughters. In his…