HERSCHEL, William James. Slough, Buckinghamshire (now Berkshire) 9.1.1833 — Hawkhurst, Kent 24.10.1917. Sir, 2nd Bart. British Civil Servant in India. Son of the famous astronomer John Herschel (1792–1871) and Margaret Brodie Stewart. Served in Bengal in 1853-78 in various positions, finally 1872 Commissioner of Dacca and 1874 of Cooch Behar.…
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…
HARRIS, Mary Belle. Factoryville, PA 19.8.1874 — Lewisburg, PA 22.2.1957. U.S. Administrator and former Student of Sanskrit. Daughter of John Howard Harris (1847–1925), a Baptist minister (then long tome President of Bucknell University), and Mary Elizabeth H. Mace, lost her mother when six. Educated at Keystone Academy, then studies at…
GUBBINS, Charles. Chelmsford, Essex 16.11.1809 — Middlesex 31.12.1866. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Major-General Joseph Gubbins (1775–1832) and Charlotte Bathoe (1783–1824). After Haileybury served in India 1829-58. From 1835 joint magistrate and deputy collector in Rohtak, from 1839 in Gurgaon. Retired 1861. Married 1843 Maria Burnley Hume (1817–1885),…
GRAY, Albert. Kinnoull, Perth, Scotland 10.10.1850 — Chelsea, London 27.2.1928. Sir. British (Scottish) Lawyer interested in Sri Lanka and in Travel Literature. Son of George Gray (1798–1877), a lawyer and businessman, and Sophia Margaret Jameson. Member of Ceylon Civil Service in 1871-74. Resigned, back in the U.K. studied law and…
GRIBBLE, James Dunning Baker. Newport, Devonshire 1841 — 1906. British Civil Servant in India. In Madras Civil Service in 1863-82. In 1875 he was Acting Sub-Collector in Cuddapah (Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh). Later on, served in Scottish police. Married Theodosia Ulrika Boguslawa Baierlein (1848–1919), daughter of a German missionary, six children.…
GALLETTI DI CADILHAC, Arthur Mario Agricola Collier. London 25.3.1877 — 23.2.1967. British (with Italian background) Civil Servant in India. Son of Count Arturo Galletti di C. (1843–1912) and Margaret Isabella Collier. Educated at Cheltenham College, studies at Oxford (Trinity College). Joined I.C.S. in 1900. Worked 30 years in Madras Presidency. Retired 1934. Married…
FURRELL, James Wyburd. Grovesend, Kent 9.9.1836 — Steyning, Sussex 5.10.1905. British Civil Servant in India. Son of James Furrell (1810–1882) and Ann Wyburd. Studies at Cambridge (Emmanuel College). Served in North India. No further details about him are found (Google is just full of the Tagore book). Publications: The Tagore…
FRASER, Hugh. India 1851 — Woking (?) 28.1.1920. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of Colonel Hugh Fraser (1808–1858) of Indian army and Florence Charlotte Penney. Magistrate and Collector in Bijnour (1894). Married. Publications: “Folklore from Eastern Gorakhpur (N.-W.P.), ed. by G. A. Grierson”, JASB 52:1, 1883, 1-32 (with a…
FORREST, Robert Edward Treston. 1835 — West Bournemouth 7.4.1914. British Author, Engineer and Civil Servant in India. The eldest son of Captain George Forrest (1800–1859) of Indian army and Ann Edwards, elder brother of —> G. W. Forrest (1846–1926). Probably born in India. Educated in England. Served 22 years in…