GRIFFIN, Lepel Henry. Walford, Hertfordshire 20.7.1840 (WikiTree ib. 20.7.1838) — London 9.3.1908. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Henry Griffin (1798–1863), a clergyman, and Frances Sophia Welsh, née Hunter. Educated at Harrow, never went to university. Joined the I.C.S. in 1860, served in the Punjab. In 1870 Chief…
GRIERSON, George Abraham. Glenageary, county Dublin 7.1.1851 — Camberley, Surrey 7.3.1941. Sir. British (Irish) Indologist. Son of the elder G. A. Grierson (1794–1875), LL.D., Queen’s Printer for Ireland, and Isabella Ruxton. Educated at St. Bee’s School and in Shrewsbury, then studied at Trinity College in Dublin, studied mathematics, Hindustani and…
GRANT, Robert. Bengal, India 1779 (Wikitree 15.1.1780) — Dapuri, Pune, Maharashtra 9.7.1838. Sir. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of —> Charles Grant (1746–1823) and Jane Fraser, came to England with the family in 1790. Educated at Magdalen College, Cambridge. M.A. 1804. “Called to the bar at Lincoln’s Inn,…
GRANT, James. 1750 — near Esher, Surrey 22.10.1808. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Cousin of —> Charles Grant (1746–1823). Came to India as private adventurer (1772 already there), from 1778 writer in E.I.C.’s service. Served in Bengal in 1784-89 “selected by the Government to superintend the native management of…
GRANT, Charles. Bombay 22.2.1836 — London 12.4.1903. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. Son of —> Robert Grant (1779/80–1838) and Margaret Davidson, educated at Harrow, Trinity College (Cambridge) and Haileybury. Went to India in 1858, served in the N.W.P. and Central Provinces. Secretary to the Chief Commissioner 1861, Commissioner 1870.…
GRACIAS, João Baptista Amâncio. Loutulim, Salcete, India 8.4.1872 — Goa 20.9.1950. Portuguese Historian. Son of Joaquim Sebastião do Rosario da Piedade Gracias and Maria Justina Lucia de Santissima Trindade Borges, brother of —> Caetano Gracias (1865–1944). Educated in Nova Goa, studies at Bombay University. Civil servant in Portuguese India, Moçambique, Angola…
GIRARD DE RIALLE, Julien. Paris 27.9.1841 — Santiago (Chile) 23.11.1904. French Civil Servant and Diplomat interested in Indology and Ethnology. Graduated in 1861, travelled anonymously in the Balkans and wrote travel accounts. In 1865-66 by the order of French government in Syria. Privately he studied Sanskrit, Avestan and linguistics (also…
GIBBS, James. Walbrook, Middlesex 1825 — Bombay (?) 30.10.1886. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Right Hon. Michael Gibbs (Lord Mayor of London 1845, d. 1858). Educated at Merchant Taylor’s and Haileybury, 1844-46. In 1846 joined the Bombay Civil Service. “Judicial Assistant to the Commissioner in Sind; Special Commissioner…
GARRETT, John. 8.11.1815 — London 20.6.1893. Rev. British Methodist Missionary and Clergyman in India. Originally a printer. Came to India in 1839, now took ministry. In 1858 retired from Mission and became the first Direktor of the new Central High School in Bangalore. In 1868 returned to the U.K., but…
GARRETT, Herbert Leonard Offley. Cambridge 16.6.1881 — Cambridge 6.12.1941. British Historian of India. Son of Dr. George Mursell Garrett (1834–1897), an organist and composer, and Maria Green. Educated at Charterhouse and St.John’s College, Cambridge, graduated 1902. He entered Colonial Educational Service, taught 1904-12 at Queen’s College, Hong Kong. Then Professor…