MONTEITH, William. Abbey parish, Paisley, Renfrewshire 22.6.1790 — London 18.4.1864. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer, Diplomat and Historian in India. Major-General (1841). Son of William Monteith and Janet Goodwin. From 1809 Lieutenant in Madras Engineers, Captain 1817, Colonel 1839. In 1810 member of Malcolm’s embassy to Persia, remained there and served…
KÓS, Péter (born Leó Raab, from 1939 Lev Konduktorov). Moscow 15.8.1921 — Budapest 1994. Hungarian Chemist, Diplomat and Communist Activist. Graduated as chemical engineer. From 1949 in Hungarian Foreign Ministry, 1954-56 Ambassador in New Delhi, then in Washington. In October 1956 dismissed as Soviet citizen and agent, but reinstated in…
SKRINE, Clarmont Percival. Kensington, London 28.2.1888 — 1974. Sir. British Civil Servant and Diplomat in India. Sir. Son of —> F. H. B. Skrine (1847–1933) and Helen Lucy Stewart. After Winchester College studies at Oxford (New College). Joined I.C.S. in 1912, from 1915 in Indian political service. In 1916-19 British…
SIRR, Henry Charles. 1807 — London 23.11.1872. Sir. British (Irish) Lawyer and Diplomat. Son of Henry Charles Sirr (1764–1841), Town Major of Dublin, and Eliza D’Arcy (1767–1829). Graduated B.A. 1833 from Trinity College, Dublin. In 1836 called to bar at Lincoln’s Inn, London. British vice-consul in Hong Kong (1843), then…
SALT, Henry. Lichfield, Staffordshire 14.6.1780 — Desouk 80 km east of Alexandria, Egypt 30.10.1827. British Diplomat, Traveller, Collector of Antiquities and Pioneer of Egyptology. The youngest child of physician Thomas Salt and Alice Butt, educated in Lichfield, Market Bosworth and Birmingham. Trained as portrait-painter and went to London in 1797,…
O’CONNOR, William Frederick Travers. Longford, Ireland 30.7.1870 — Chelsea, London 14.12.1943. Sir. British (Irish) Officer and Diplomat in British Service in India. Son of land agent Matthew Richard Weld O’Connor (1828?–1902) and Harriet Georgina O’Reilly. Educated 1884-87 at Charterhouse School in Surrey. After Royal Military Academy joined Royal Artillery in 1890.…
LE GOUZ DE LA BOULLAYE, François. Pontigné, Baugé, Anjou 1623 (or 1610?) — Isfahan early 1668. French Traveller. Son of Gabriel II Le Gouz )d. c. 1646) and Jeanne Le Bout. Born in a family of English origin, he served in the French troops of Charles I. Back in France…
DECOURDEMANCHE, Jean-Adolphe. Paris 24.3.1844 — Paris 15.10.1916. French Pseudohistorian and Turkish Translator. Wikidata defines him as a diplomat and archaeologist, but no further details of his life are available. Publications: “La légende d’Alexandre chez les musulmans”, RHR 6, 1882, 98-112. – Études sur les racines Arabes, Sanscrites et Turques. 118…
CUTTAT, Jacques-Albert (pseudonym Jean Thamar). Delémont, canton Jura 1909 — Bern 5.6.1989. Swiss Diplomat, Lawyer and Esotericist. Son of a wealthy banker. School in Basel. Studies at Bern, London and Paris. Dr. (of Law?). From 1935 worked as diplomat, also PD of Commercial Law at Bern. For a while taught…
SMÉKAL, Odolen. Olomouc 18.8.1928 — Prague 17.6.1998 (or 13.6.). Czech Indologist (Hindi Scholar). Son of teacher Václav Martin Smékal (1890–1948) and Anežka Smičková (1903–1973). Matriculated from gymnasium in Kroměříž.Studies at Charles University in Prague (Pořízka), matriculated 1952. Ph.D. in Hindi. From 1954 taught Hindi at Charles University. In 1993-96 Czech…