BRANDRETH, Joseph Edward Lyall. Liverpool 4.2.1823 — London 10.12.1907. British Civil Servant and one of the Pioneers of NIA Linguistics in India. Son of Joseph Pilkington Br., a physician, and Alice Harper. Educated at Eton and Haileybury (learned Sanskrit there). Served in North India (Benares, Rajasthan, Punjab, Delhi. Rawalpindi). After…
BOXWELL, John. Butlerstown, co. Wexford 31.5.1838 — Dacca 15.5.1891. British (Irish) Civil Servant in India. Son of Francis B. and Martha Carey. Educated in Armagh, studies at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1888 in Bengal Civil Service, some time Collector of Gaya. In the 1870s Deputy Commissioner in Santal Parganas, finally…
BOWRING, Lewin Bentham. Hackney, London 15.7.1824 — Torquay, Devon 14.1.1910. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Sir John B. (1792–1872), linguist, traveller, politician, diplomat, governor of Hong Kong, even poet, and Maria Lewin. Educated in Exeter, at Haileybury and Fort Williams (Calcutta). Bengal Civil service 1843-70. From 1847 Assistant…
BOMPAS, Cecil Henry. London 31.5.1868 — Broughton, Hampshire 22.1.1956. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Henry Mason B. (barrister, d. 1909) and Rachel Henrietta Wise (d. 1923). Educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge. Joined I.C.S. in 1887, arrived in India 1889. Served as Assistant Magistrate and Collector in…
BOGLE, George. Daldowie on Clyde near Glasgow 26.11.1746 — Calcutta 3.4.1781. British (Scottish) Traveller and Diplomat. Youngest son of George B., an important Glasgow merchant, and Ann Sinclair. Educated at Haddington, Glasgow, then at Edinburgh University. After four years in family business in 1769 joined E.I.C.’s service. Soon became private…
BOAKE, William John Slade. Colombo 1844 — London 2.6.1889. British (Irish) Civil Servant in Ceylon. Son of Rev. Dr. Barcroft B. of Dublin (1814–1876), Principal of Colombo Academy in 1842-70, and Mary Catharine Slade (d. 1860). Obtained Lic. Med. of Trinity College, Dublin, and Diploma of Medicine and Surgery, Glasgow.…
BLAQUIERE, William Coates. 1759 (?) — Calcutta 14.8.1853. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Jacques/Jacob Bl. Came to India with his merchant father in 1777. He is said then to be of 13, which makes the year of birth too early (note also the late death). Worked then as…
BEVERIDGE, Henry. Inzievar, Fife 9.2.1837 — London 8.11.1929. British (Scottish) Historian of Mughal and Colonial India. Son of the elder —> Henry B. Educated in Glasgow and Edinburgh, studies at Glasgow University and Queen’s College in Belfast. Joined the I.C.S. through competition in 1857, and served in Bengal until 1893,…
BELLASIS, Augustus Fortunatus. India 1822 — Red Sea 1872. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Lt.-Col. Daniel Hutchins B. (1785–1836) and Mary Tadman. In Bombay Presidency from 1842, served as Collector and Magistrate of Hyderabad (Sind) and finally President of the Harbour and Pilot Board in Bombay. Remained in…
BELL, Harry Charles Purvis. India 21.9.1851 — Kandy 6.9.1937. British Archaeologist of Sri Lanka. Son of general H. W. B. Bell, from 1864 educated at Cheltenham College. From 1873 in Ceylon Civil service, served in various positions, finally district judge in Kegalla. In 1890-1912 Archaeological Commissioner for Ceylon with headquarters…