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 (1755–1824). Living in London, only…
TURNOUR, George. Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 11.3.1799 — Naples 10.4.1843. British Civil Servant and Indologist in Sri Lanka. The eldest child of the elder G. Turnour, Earl of Winterton (1768–1813), who began as officer in India, but finally was civil servant in Ceylon, and a French mother, Emilie de Beaussett (d.…
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, graduated 1887. In 1887-93 lawyer in Rennes. Entering colonial service he worked in New Caledonia (1893-95)…
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 and the Charterhouse, from 1823 studied at Oxford (Christ Church; B.A. 1825). Entered the Inner Temple and served…
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, in 1794 to India.. He came to the island in 1805, after having served in army in India in 1794–1805, participating in…
THORNTON, Edward. 1799 — Brighton 14.12.1875. British Employe eof East India Company. Probably son of Thomas Thornton and a cousin of —> Edward Parry Thornton. He worked in East India House in 1814-57, finally from 1847 as head of statistical and maritime departments. His works are sometimes (e.g. in Wikipedia)…
THOMSON, Henry William 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 Thomson (1778–1849) and Katherine Byerley (1797–1862), an authoress, elder brother of —> J. C. Thomson (1834–1860). Studies at London University College and Cambridge (Jesus College,…
THOMPSON, John Perronet. The Ridings, North Tyneside, Northumberland 8.6.1873 — London 8.8.1935. Sir. British Historian of Islamic and Modern India. Son of Vincent Thomas Thompson (1829–1910), Assistant Recorder, and Eleanor Wade. Educated at Leeds grammar school, studies at Cambridge (Trinity College, B.A.). In 1896 joined I.C.S. Served as Chief Secretary…
THOMAS, Edward. 31.12.1813 — Kensington (London) 10.2.1886. British Civil Servant and Indologist in India. Son of Honoratus Leigh Thomas (1769–1846), a Welsh 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…
THEOBALD, William. Marylebone, London 1829 — Ilfracombe, Devon 31.3.1908. British Naturalist in India. Son of the elder William Theobald and Anna Bishop, early years unclear. He arrived at Calcutta in 1847, worked in coal exploration and became acquainted with Joseph Hooker. He joined the Geological Survey of India and participated…