DODWELL, Henry Herbert. Great Haseley, Oxfordshire 3.5.1879 — Chertsey, Surrey 13.6.1946 (or 30.10.). British Historian. Son of Herbert Dodwell (1846–1923) and Violet Sinclair Watson (1850–1890). Educated at Thame Grammar School, studies at St.John’s (Oxford), graduated 1908 and joined Indian Educational Service, retired 1922. In 1922-46 Professor of History and Culture…
DAVIES, Cuthbert Collin. Narbeth, Pembrokeshire 16.4.1896 — 5.11.1974. British (Welsh) Historian of South Asia. Son of David Collins Davies. Served as officer in WW I 1915-16 in France, then in Indian North-West Frontier and in the third Afghan war. Studied at University of Wales in Aberystwyth (B.A. 1923). Ph.D. 1926 Cambridge…
CUTTS, Elmer Henry. Silver Cliff, Color. 15.3.1908 — Boston, Mass. 4.4.1960. U.S. Historian of Colonial India. Son of Dr. Elmer Henry Cutts (1866–1917) and Alice Florence Tyler (1871–1969), twin brother of Earl Warren Cutts. Educated at University of Washington (B.A. 1929, M.A. 1932) in Seattle and at Harvard, where Ph.D.…
CUMMING, John Ghest. Houston and Killelan, Renfrewshire 29.12.1868 — London 9.3.1958 (when 89). Sir. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India, Historian of Modern India. Son of Med.Dr. James Simpson Cumming and Alice Designe Ghest, educated at High School and University of Glasgow (M.A. 1888) and at Balliol College in Oxford,…
CRAWFURD, John. Islay, Hebrides 13.8.1783 — South Kensington, London 11.5.1868. British (Scottish) Physician, Colonial Officer and South-East Asian Scholar. Son of the physician Samuel Crawfurd and Margaret Campbell, educated at Bowmore. Then studies of medicine at Edinburgh, M.D. From 1803 served as an army medical officer chiefly in Upper India…
CHAMBERS, William. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 21.11.1748 — Calcutta 22.8.1793. British Colonial Official and a Pioneer of Indology. Son of Robert Chambers (1705?–1749), an attorney in Newcastle, and Anne Metcalf (1713–1782), younger brother of —> Robert Chambers (1737–1823). Educated in Newcastle. Went to India before 1774. Political servant of E.I.C., apparently first in…
CHAMBERS, Robert. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 14.1.1737 — Paris 9.5.1803. Sir. British Colonial Official and a Pioneer of Indology. Son of Robert Chambers (1705?–1749), an attorney in Newcastle, and Anne Metcalf (1713–1782), brother of —> William Chambers (1748–1793). Educated at Royal Grammar School in Newcastle. Studies from 1754 at Oxford (Lincoln College; 1758…
CAUTLEY, Proby Thomas. Suffolk 3.1.1802 — Sydenham, Kent 25.1.1871. Sir. British Engineer Officer in India. Son of the Rev. Thomas Cautley (1756?–1817) of Cambridge university administration and Catherine Proby (1772?–1830). Some give as the place of birth Stratford St.Mary, others Roydon, where his father was rector (both are in Suffolk).…
CANDY, Thomas. East Knoyle, Wiltshire 13.12.1804 — Mahabaleshwar, dt. Satara 26.2.1877. British Colonial Officer, Teacher and Marathi Scholar in India. Major. Son of Robert Candy (1712–1808) and Ann Harding (1766–1846), educated at Magdalene College School, Oxford. Together with his twin brother George Candy (1804–1869) he joined the army and came…
CADELL, Patrick Robert. Bhurtpore (Bharatpur), Bengal 6.5.1871 — Frilford Heath, Abingdon, Berkshire 22.11.1961 (when 90). Sir. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India and Historian of Colonial India. Son of colonel Thomas Cadell (1835–1919) and Anna Dalmahoy (1837–1876). Educated at Edinburgh Academy (1881-82) and Haileybury, studies at Oxford (Balliol College). Joined…