RICE, Stanley P. 1869 — 1944. British Civil Servant in India, interested in Sanskrit. Served 19 years in Madras, retired before 1924 and became member of State Council of Baroda. Publications: Occasional essays on native South Indian life. 6+223 p. L. 1901. – Translated: Ancient Indian fables and stories. Being…
RHYS DAVIDS, Thomas William. Colchester, Essex 12.5.1843 — Chipstead, Surrey 27.12.1922. British Indologist, Pāli and Buddhist Scholar. Professor in Manchester, Founder and President of the Pāli Text Society. Married with —> C. A. F. Rhys Davids (1858–1942). Son of Rev. Thomas William Davids (1816–1881), a minister and ecclesiastic historian of…
REES, John David. London 16.12.1854 — London 2.6.1922. First Baronet (1919). British Civil Servant in India. Son of Lodwich William Rees and Ann Jones. “Educated at Cheltenham. Entered the Madras Civil Service, 1875. Private Secretary to three successive Governors…; Government Translator in Tamil, Telugu, Persian and Hindustani. British Resident in…
RAWLINSON, Hugh George. Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire (Wikidata: Brighton) 12.5.1880 — Seaview, Isle of Wight 8.6.1957. British Civil Servant and Historian in India. Son of Rev. George R. and Evelyne Hearn. After classical studies at Cambridge, Emmanuel College (M.A.), he joined Ceylon Educational Service in 1903. Moving to India in 1908,…
RANDLE, Herbert Niel. Bombay 19.10.1880 — Richmond, Surrey 8.7.1973. British Indologist. Civil servant (teacher) in India and Librarian in London (India Office). Son of Nathaniel Randle (1839–1893), manager of a vining company, and Elfrida Clark. The family returned soon to the U.K. and he was educated at Dulwich College in…
RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford (Sir Stamford). on sea near Jamaica 6.7.1781 — Highwood Hill near London 5.7.1826. Sir. British Civil Servant and Scholar in South-East Asia. Born on board of the Ann sailing from Jamaica to England under his father, Captain Benjamin Raffles, mother was Anne Lyde. Living in London, only short…
TURNOUR, George. Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 11.3.1799 — Naples 10.4.1843. British Civil Servant and Indologist in Sri Lanka. Son of elder G. Turnour, the Earl of Winterton (1768–1813), who at the time of his birth was high civil officer in Ceylon, and a French mother, Emilie de Beaussett, from 1811 grew…
TOUSSAINT, Gustave-Charles (Gustave Frédéric Charles). Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine) 11.1.1869 — Paramé, Saint-Malo 12.10.1938. French Colonial Servant and Tibetan Scholar. Son of Benoît Toussaint, a railway inspector, and Hélène Feutrier. school and law studies in Rennes. In 1887-93 lawyer in Rennes. Then served in New Caledonia (1893-95) and Pondichéry (1895-97), then juge…
TORRENS, Henry Whitelock. Canterbury 20.5.1806 — Calcutta 11.8.1852. British Civil Servant and Indologist in India. Son of Major-General Henry Torrens (1779–1828, of Northern Ireland) and Sarah Patton (1781–1863). Educated at Brook Green, the Charterhouse, and Oxford (Christ Church; B.A. 1825). Entered the Inner Temple and served in Foreign Office, but…
TOLFREY, William. 1778 — Colombo 4.1.1817. British Colonial Officer in India and Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of a colonial official (in India?), grew up in England. He came to the island in 1805, after having served in army in India in 1794–1805, participating in Mysore and Maratha wars.…