BELL, Thomas Evans. London 11.11.1825 — Kensington, London 12.9.1887. British Colonial Officer in India. Major. Son of William Bell (1786–1833) and Elizabeth Kinnear (1799–1888), educated at Wandsworth (London). Joined Madras Army in 1842. In 1855-60 Assistant Commissioner in Nagpur, lost his position because of disagreement with Chief Commissioner. In 1861-63 Deputy…
ARBUTHNOT, Alexander John. Killaloe, Clare county, Ireland (or Farmhill, Mayo county) 11.10.1822 — 10.6.1907. Sir. British (Irish) Civil Servant in India. Son of Alexander Arbuthnot (1768–1828), the Anglican Bishop of Killaloe, and Margaret Phoebe Bingham. Educated at Rugby and Haileybury. Joined I.C.S. 1842, served in Madras. As Director of Public…
VALENTIJN, François (Franciscus). Dordrecht 17.4.1666 — the Hague 6.8.1727. Dutch Priest and Naturalist. Son of school director Abraham Valentijn and Maria Rijsbergen. Studied theology and philosophy at Leiden and Utrecht. From 1684 spent 16 years as minister in Dutch Indonesia, mainly in Ambon, where he befriended with Rumphius. After ten…
SMYTH, George Monro Carmichael (Carmichael-Smyth). Middlesex 18.9.1803 — Kensington, London 29.4.1890. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer in India. Son of physician James Carmichael Smyth (1742–1821) and Mary Holyland (1753?–1806). Arrived in India in 1819/20. Rised to Major of 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry, in 1857 Colonel and Commandant of 3rd Light Cavalry in…
SMITH, Lewis Ferdinand. 17?? — 18??. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Major Lewis Lucius Smith (1750?–1794) of Indian army. Major in Daulat Rao Scindia’s service (no longer 1805). Secretary to Sir Harford Jones, Ambassador to Persia. Married with Ann Mitchell Nicholls, father of General Lucius Horton Smith (1793–1858).…
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…
SETON-KARR, Walter Scott. 23.1.1822 — West Brompton, London 22.11.1910. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Andrew Seton-Karr (d. 1832), of Roxburghshire (Scotland) and formerly of I.C.S., and Alicia Anne Rawlinson. He was a godson of Walter Scott. Educated at Rugby. Served from 1848 in Bengal in judicial and political offices.…
SCRAFTON, Luke. 1732 (?) — at sea near Cape of Good Hope 1770. British Civil Servant in E.I.C.’s service. In 1756 in Dacca prisoner of the Nawab of Bengal. Then assisted Clive. After the Battle of Plassey Resident at Durbar of Murshidabad, then in Calcutta Council. Back in the U.K.…
POGSON, Wredenhall Robert. Sutton, Surrey 1.7.1787 — Sikraud, Benares 6.8.1843. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Bedingfield Pogson (1756–1799 or 1802) and Elizabeth Philadelphia Pearce (1755–1804). Cadet 1803, served in Bengal Army from 1805, Lieutenant-Colonel 1824. Married 1815 Anna Cordelia Queiros, 12 children. Thus e.g. WikiTree, but according to…
PERCIVAL (Perceval), Robert. 1765 — 1826. British Colonial Officer. Joined the 18th Irish Infantry Regiment in the U.K., as Captain in 1795-97 participated in the conquest of Dutch Capeland. In 1797 to Ceylon, where he remained three years. His both books are said to be full of description of the…