TASKER, Theodore James. Stuttgart, Germany 20.1.1884 — Swanage, Dorset 9.5.1981. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. Son of John Greenwood Tasker (geneanet 1853–1932, WikiTree 1854–1936) and Ellen Martha Sanderson. In 1908-44 in I.C.S., Madras, in 1927-42 seconded to Nizam’s government in Hyderabad. C.I.E. 1932 O.B.E. Knighted 1937.. Married 1915 Jessie…
STEVENSON, James Arthur Robert. Mysore State 27.10.1800 — Ganjam, Karnataka 21.6.1837. British Civil Servant in India. Son of James Desert Stevenson (1751–1805?), an officer in Indian army, and Elizabeth Francklyn West (1774–1834). College education in Madras. Served in Madras Presidency. Collector in Dharwar (1824). Commissioner in Goomtoor (Gumsūr). Apparently still…
STEVENSON, Henry Noel Cochran. 1903 — 1984. British Civil Servant in Burma. But according to The London Gazette 11.1.1929 he was promoted second Lieutenant in 1928. Supplement to the same 8.6.1944 mentions him as Assistant Superintendent in Burma Frontier Service, made O.B.E. in Civil Division. Publications: “Status Evaluation in the Hindu…
STACE, Walter Terence. Hampstead, London 17.11.1886 — Laguna Beach, Calif. 2.8.1967. British Civil Servant and Philosopher in Sri Lanka and the U.S.A. Son of Major Edward Vincent Stace (1841–1903) of Royal Artillery and Amy Mary Watson (1856–1934). Educated ar Bath College (1895-1901) and at Fettes College in Edinburgh (1902-04). Planning…
SCOTT WARING, Edward Warren Hastings. England 1783 — India 1821. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Major John Scott Waring (1747–1819, served in India c. 1766–81, later M.P.) and Elizabeth Blackrie (1745–1796), nephew of —> Jonathan Scott (1754–1829). In Bengal Civil Service, worked in Bundelkhand. “Collector at Futteyghur.” From…
ROBINSON, William Rose. Midlothian 28.6.1822 — London 27.4.1886. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. Son of the elder W. R. Robinson (1781–1834), the Sheriff of Lanarkshire, and Mary Douglas (1783–1864), educated in Bonn. After Haileybury joined I.C.S. in 1842. In the 1840s Head Assistant Collector of Malabar, in 1847 inspected…
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…
RENEL, Charles Ulysse. Strasbourg 6.5.1866 — Antanarivo 9.9.1925. French Philologist. The only child of Émile Louis Étienne Renel, a railway official, and Uranie Charlotte Henriette Lafite (d. 1878). After Franco-Prussian war the family moved to Épinal (Vosges). From 1884 studies in Paris, at Lycée Louis-le-Grand and from 1886 École normale supérieure,…
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…