CODRINGTON, Humphrey William. Hambleden, Buckinghamshire 25.9.1879 — Kensington, London 7.11.1942. British Scholar of Sri Lankan History and Ethnography. Son of the rear-admiral William Codrington (1832–1888) and Mary Auber Leach (1855–1930), educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford (B.A.). In 1903 joined Ceylon Civil Service. In WW I served in…
CLAUSON, Gerard Leslie Makins. Valletta, Malta 28.4.1891 — Chelsea, London 1.5.1974 (or 1973?). Sir. British Linguist and Central Asian (especially Turkish) scholar, but began with Pāli studies. Son of major Sir John Eugene Clauson (1866–1918) and Mary Elizabeth Makins (1862–1949). Educated at Eton, studies at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (classical…
CHEVALIER, Jean-Baptiste. Blois 23.4.1729 — Conan near Blois 30.4.1789. French Traveller in India and Tibet. Son of Jean-Baptiste Chevalier, a lawyer and royal adviser, and Marie-Catherine de La Saussaye. In French colonial service left for Bengal in 1752, in 1755-57 explored still independent Assam, trying without success to get an…
CHAMBERS, William. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 21.11.1748 — Calcutta 22.8.1793. British Colonial Official and a Pioneer of Indology. Son of Robert Chambers (1705?–1749), an attorney in Newcastle, and Anne Metcalf (1713–1782), younger brother of —> Robert Chambers (1737–1823). Educated in Newcastle. Went to India before 1774. Political servant of E.I.C., apparently first in…
CHAMBERS, Robert. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 14.1.1737 — Paris 9.5.1803. Sir. British Colonial Official and a Pioneer of Indology. Son of Robert Chambers (1705?–1749), an attorney in Newcastle, and Anne Metcalf (1713–1782), brother of —> William Chambers (1748–1793). Educated at Royal Grammar School in Newcastle. Studies from 1754 at Oxford (Lincoln College; 1758…
CHALMERS, Robert (1919 first baron of Chalmers of Northiam). Stoke Newington, London 18.8.1858 — Oxford 17.11.1938. Lord. British (Scottish) Civil Servant and Indologist (Pāli Scholar). Born in London in a Scottish family, son of John Chalmers and Julia Mackay. Educated at City of London School (under E. Abbott). From 1877…
CAROE, Olaf Kirkpatrick Kruuse. Chelsea, London 15.11.1892 — Steyning (Worthing?), Sussex 29.11.1981. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. Son of architect William Douglas Caroe and Grace Desborough Rendall, educated at Winchester College. From 1911 studied classics at Magdalen College, Oxford. M.A. In 1914-19 captain 4th Bn. The Queen’s Regiment in…
CAMPBELL, James Macnabb. Partick, Lanarkshire 4.10.1846 — Achnashie, Rosneath, Dumbartonshire 26.5.1903. Sir. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India, interested in Ethnography and History. Son of Rev. John Mcleod Campbell (1800–1872, D.D.) and Mary Campbell. Educated at Glasgow Academy and University (M.A. 1866), passed I.C.S. examination 1867. Went to Bombay in…
CAMPBELL, George. 22.3.1824 — Cairo, Egypt 18.2.1892. Sir. British (Scottish) Civil Servant and Ethnologist in India. Son of Sir George Campbell (1778–1854) of Edenwood, surgeon of E.I.C.’s Medical service, and Margaret Christie. Educated at Edinburgh New Academy, St.Andrews, Madras College, and Haileybury. Went to India in 1842, served in the…
CAMPBELL, Alexander Duncan. Edinburgh 6.1.1786 (or 1789?) — London 4.4.1857. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India, interested in Telugu. Son of William Campbell (1749–1815) and Catherine Gunning. From 1806 in Madras Civil Service, 1816 Member of the Board of Superintendence for College of Fort St. George, from 1821 Collector and…