GIEDDE (Gjedde), Ove. Tommarp, (then Danish) 17.12.1594 — Copenhagen 19.12.1660. Danish Admiral, the founder of Trankebar. Son of Brostrup Giedde (1560?–1614) and Dorthe Ulfeldt (1564?–1622). In 1609-12 at a school of nobility in Sorø, 1612-14 at German universities. In 1618 he was ordered by the king to lead an expedition…
GERARD, James Gilbert. Aberdeen 1795 — Sabathu (Himachal Pradesh) 31.3.1835. British (Scottish) Military Physician and Explorer in India. Son of Gilbert Gerard (1760–1815), D.D., and Helen Duncan (1765–1838), brother of —> Alexander Gerard (1792–1839) and —> Patrick Gerard (1794–1848). Entered Bengal Medical Service in 1814 as assistant surgeon, 1826 surgeon,…
GERARD, Alexander. Aberdeen 17.2.1792 — Aberdeen 15.12.1839. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer and Explorer in India. Son of Gilbert Gerard (1760–1815), D.D., and Helen Duncan (1765–1838), brother of —> James G. Gerard (1795–1835) and —> Patrick Gerard (1794–1848). Graduated from King’s College, Aberdeen, in 1808 and joined the Bengal Native Infantry…
GENTIL, Jean Baptiste Joseph. Bagnols-sur-Cèze (Rhône) 25.6.1726 — Bagnols-sur-Cèze (Rhône) 15.2.1799. French Officer in India. Born in a noble family, joined the army and went out to India in 1752 as officer in an infantry regiment. “Served with distinction under Dupleix, Law of Lauriston, Lally, etc. After the collapse of…
FRYER, George Edward. India 25.11.1832 — Kensington, London 1891. British Colonial Officer and Pāli Scholar in India and Burma. Son of Colonel George Fryer (1802–1870), of Madras army. School at Rugby, in the age of 20 joined Indian army, and Sarah Moore. Served eight years in regiment and, after a…
FRYE, John Percival. London 1807 — Berhampore, West Bengal 16.4.1856. British Colonial Officer in India. Served in Madras Infantry. Lieutenant 1839. From 1844 as Lieutenant Assistant to the Agent in Ganjam, from 1849 Assistant to the Agent, then in 1858 (?) as Lieutenant in charge of the Agency in the…
FRANCKLIN, William. 1763 — 12.4.1839. British Colonial Officer and Historian in India. Son of Thomas Fr. (1721–1784), an academic clergyman, and his wife, née Venables. Educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge. Cadet of E.I.C. 1782, joined the Bengal Native Infantry in 1783. In 1786 travelled in Iran, resided 8…
FORLONG, James George Roche. Springhall, Lanarkshire 11.1824 — Edinburgh 29.3.1904. British (Scottish) Military Engineer and Scholar of Religion in India. Major-General. Son of William Forlong (1790–1878), of Erines, and Crawfurd Pollock Gordon. Educated as an engineer, joined Indian army in 1843. “In the S. Mahratta Company, 1845-6, in the Madras…
FORBES, Charles James Forbes Smith- (C. J. F. Smith). 1834 — Tharrawaddy, Burma 28.11.1879. British Colonial Officer in Burma, Pāli and Burmese scholar. Came to the East in 1858 as Captain of Queen’s Army, and was sent to Burma with his regiment. He soon became so fascinated with the country…
FITZCLARENCE, George Augustus Frederick, First Earl of Munster. London 29.1.1794 — London 20.3.1842. British Officer and Traveller. Illegitimate son of the future king William IV and Dorothea Bland (née Jordan, 1761–1816, an actress from Ireland). Served as officer in Napoleonic wars and 1815-18 in India. Major-General. Earl and Privy Councillor…