MACREADY, William Charles

MACREADY, William Charles. Elstree, Hertsmere Borough, Hertfordshire 7.8.1832 — Puttalam, North-Western Sri Lanka 26.11.1871. British Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of the well-known actor William Charles Macready (1793–1873) and actress Catherine Frances Atkins (1806–1852). After Westminster School studies at Oxford (Christ Church) and Haileybury. From 1854 in Ceylon Civil…

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MCCALL, Anthony G.

MCCALL, Anthony Gilchrist. Conisbrough, Yorkshire 7.1.1895 — Poole, Dorset 8.5.1978. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of Anthony McCall and Mary Greer Gilchrist, educated at Cheltenham College. In 1914-21 served in Royal Artillery. Major. In 1921 joined I.C.S. In 1927-30 in Manipur, 1931-43 Superintendent of Lushai Hills district. Then…

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LOGAN, Alexander Cochrane

LOGAN, Alexander Cochrane. 1861? — 1910?. British Civil Servant in India. Probably son of the elder A. C. Logan (1804–1886, a planter in Jamaica) and his wife Margaret Hall (1831–1919), grew up in Mandeville, Jamaica. From 1879 (when 18) studies at Oxford (Balliol College). Joined I.C.S. in 1879 and from…

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LEMBEZAT, Bertrand

LEMBEZAT, Bertrand Jean François. Cairo, Egypr 8.3.1913 — Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes) 26.3.1986.French Ethnologist and Colonial Official. Son of Jean Lembezat and Marcelle Le Fee de Plaudren. Studies in Paris, diploms of École nationale d’outre-mer (1933), École nationale des langues orientales and Institut d’ethnologie. In the 1930s in Cameroon, during WW II worked…

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KING, Cuthbert

KING, Cuthbert. Madingley, Cambridgeshire 1889 — 19??. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Rev. Dr. Edward George King and Mary Westcott. Educated at Sherborne school. M.A. Served in the North-West. Deputy Commissioner (1930/35), then Commissioner of Lahore (1943) and Rawalpindi Division (1946). C.I.E. 1946. Mentioned as living 1958. Married…

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KINCAID, Dennis

KINCAID, Dennis Charles Alexander. 16.10.1905 — 10.6.1937. British Civil Servant in India. Son of —> Ch. A. Kincaid (1870–1954) and Katherine Mary Seddon. From 1924-27 studied at Oxford (Balliol College), then joined I.C.S. Arrived at Bombay in 1928. Drowned. Publications: Shivaji: The Grand Rebel. 346 p. 1937. – British social life in India,…

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HARWARD, John

HARWARD, John Henry. Wirksworth, Derbyshire 27.5.1858 — Warwick, Queensland, Australia 30.9.1932. British Teacher in Sri Lanka. Educated in Durham, in 1878-81 studies at Oxford (University College, M.A.). In 1882-91 taught classics at Brighton College. In 1892-1902 Director of Royal College in Colombo, 1898-1915 also Director of Public Instruction. Then retired…

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HAMILTON, Robert Clifton

HAMILTON, Robert Clifton. 18?? — 19??. British Civil Servant in India. Educated at Christ’s Hospital in Sussex. Served in India from 1893-1920. In 1900 he had been seven years Assistant Commissioner in Assam. Still living in 1932. He could well be the R. Cl. Hamilton of en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Oxford_men_and_their_colleges.djvu/667, born in Bath…

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GRIFFITHS, Percival

GRIFFITHS, Percival Joseph. Tooting, Middlesex 15.1.1899 — 14.7.1992. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Joseph Thomas Griffiths, educated in London. Studies at Cambridge (Peterhouse, M.A.). B.Sc. London. Joined I.C.S. went to India in 1922, mainly served in Bengal. Finally District Magistrate of Medinipur in Bengal from 1933. Retired 1937,…

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GOULD, Basil

GOULD, Basil John. Worcester Park near London 29.12.1883 — Yarmouth, Isle of Wight 27.12.1956.Sir. British Civil Servant in India, Political Officer in Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet. Son of Charles Gould (1832–1909) and Mary Ellen Utterton. After Winchester College studies at Oxford (New College). Joined I.C.S. in 1907. In 1912-13 British Trade…

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