LEWIN, Thomas H.

LEWIN, Thomas Herbert. London 1.4.1839 — Abinger, Surrey 11.2.1916. British Colonial Officer in India. Lieutenant-Colonel. Son of George Herbert Lewin (1808–1856) and Mary Friend (1811–1890). Educated at Littlehampton and Addiscombe, in 1857 to India. Until 1874 served in Chittagong Hill Tracts. From 1875 Deputy Commissioner of Cooch Behar and from…

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LAYARD, Frederic Peter

LAYARD, Frederic Peter. Bath 6.5.1818 — Westminster 21.5.1891. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Peter Henry John Layard (1789–1834) and Marianne Austen. Entered E.I.C.’s army in 1838, served in many places in northern India. Colonel 1864, General 1889. In retirement living in London. Keen amateur artist who left a…

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LATTER, Thomas

LATTER, Thomas. India 1816 — Prome, Burma 8.12.1853. British Colonial Officer in Burma. Captain. Son of Major Barré Latter (1777–1822) and Juliana Jeffreys. In 1836 joined Bengal Native Infantry, stationed in Arakan. Assistant Commissioner in Arakan, then Regional Superintendent of Forests in Burma, finally Deputy Commissioner in Prome. Murdered in…

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HARKNESS, Henry

HARKNESS, Henry. 17?? — Lympstone, Devon 17.8.1838. British Colonial Officer in South India. Captain (1826/34). Commanded the escort of Bishop —> Heber until Heber’s death in 1826. He collaborated with —> MacKenzie, edited Ram Raz’s posthumous Architecture of the Hindus (L. 1834) and worked as the secretary of College of…

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JARRETT, Henry Sullivan

JARRETT, Henry Sullivan. Madras 17.6.1839 — East Grinstead, Sussex 15.4.1919. British Colonial Officer in India. Colonel. Son of Thomas Stanhope Jarrett and Eliza Julia Chambers. Educated at Prior Park, Bath. Joined Indian army in 1857, just in time to serve against the insurrection. In 1870-94 Secretary and Member of Board…

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JACKSON, Robert Pilkington

JACKSON, Robert Pilkington. Warrington, Lancashire 1868/69 (bapt. 5.2.1869) — Worthing, West Sussex 30.1.1914. British Colonial Officer in Indiaand Burma. Major. Son of George J. and Anne Pilkington. Served in South India and Burma 1888-1908. Married 1898 Euphemia Stoddarr McCartney (d. 1914), two sons. Publications: Historical Records of the XIIIth Madras Infantry.…

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IRVINE, Francis

IRVINE, Francis. Drumoak, Aberdeenshire 8.2.1786 — Edinburgh 16.12.1855. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Son of Alexander I. and Jean Forbes, mother died soon after his birth. Joined army as cadet in 1804 and left for India. Served in Bengal Native Infantry, resigned as Captain in 1824. Already 1820 moved…

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HOUGH, William

HOUGH, William. 1789 — 1865. British Colonial Officer in India. Came there in 1805, participated in Nepal War (1814-16), Third Maratha War (1817-18) and First Afghan War (1839-42), and was an authority on military law. Major (1838/45) and Deputy Judge Advocat General of Bengal Army, retired before 1853. Publications: A…

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HOLROYD, W. R. M.

HOLROYD, William Rice Morland. Wimbledon, London 28.10.1835 — Lyndhurst, Hampshire 3.9.1913. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Edward H. and Caroline Pugsley. From 1854 served in Bengal Army, long time in the Punjab in educational offices. Colonel from 1883. Dr. of Oriental Learning 1890 Lahore. Married 1866 Helen Maria…

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HOLLINGS, William

HOLLINGS, William Charles. Calcutta 1810 — near Cawnpore (Kanpur) 1857. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of a merchant, lost his father in 1815 and was sent to London for education (his mother Sophia followed 1817). Cadet of E.I.C. 1826 and left for Calcutta. Learned quickly Hindustani and soon became…

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