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.T., the Earl of Winterton, who at the time of his birth was high civil officer in Ceylon (d. 1813), 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 T., 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 T., educated at Brook Green, the Charterhouse, and Oxford (Christ Church; B.A. 1825). Entered the Inner Temple and served in Foreign Office, but soon obtained a writership in E.I.C. Arrived in…
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.…
THORNTON, Edward. 1799 — 1875. British Employe eof East India Company. Probably a cousin of —> Edward Parry Th. He worked in East India House in 1814-57, finally from 1847 as head of statistical and maritime departments. His works are sometimes ascribed to his cousin (q.v.). Still uncertain is, who…
THOMSON, Henry Byerley (until 1846 Henry William Th.). ?.5.1822 — Colombo 6.1.1867. British Lawyer in Sri Lanka. Son of the well known physician, Anthony Todd Th. (1778–1849) and Katherine Byerley (1797–1862), an authoress, brotherof —> J. C. Th. Studies at London University College and Cambridge (Jesus College, B.A. 1846). Called…
THOMPSON, John Perronet. The Ridings, North Tyneside 8.6.1873 — London 8.8.1935. Sir. British Historian of Islamic and Modern India. Son of Vincent Thomas Th. and Eleanor Wade. Educated in Leeds, studies at Cambridge (Trinity College, B.A.). In 1896 joined I.C.S. Served as Chief Secretary to the Punjab Government 1916-21, then…
THOMAS, Edward. 31.12.1813 — Kensington (London) 10.2.1886. British Civil Servant and Indologist in India. Son of Honoratus Leigh Th., a surgeon, and his wife, née Cruikshank. Educated at Haileybury. In 1832 joined the Bengal Civil Service as a writer. Worked as judge in Delhi, soon Superintending Judge of Saugor and…