TEMPLE, Richard Carnac. Allahabad 15.10.1850 — Territet, Switzerland 3.3.1931. Sir (2nd Bart.). British Colonial Officer in India and Burma, Indologist, Ethnologist and Historian. Son of Sir Richard T. (1826–1902), a well known and original Civil Servant in India, and Charlotte Martindale (d. 1855). Educated at Harrow and from 1868 at…
TAYLOR, Philip Meadows. Liverpool 25.9.1808 — Menton, Southern France 13.5.1876. British Administrator and Author in India. Colonel. Son of a merchant, the elder Ph.M.T., and Jane Mitford. The business was not successful, the family moved pften and he went to school in Dublin. He came to India in the age of…
PRINSEP, Henry Thoby. Thoby Priory, Essex 15.7.1792 — Freshwater, Ile of Wight 11.2.1878. British Civil Servant in India. Son of John Pr. and Sophia Auriol, brother of —> James Pr. Educated privately and at Tonbridge School, then 1807-08 at East Indian College in Hertford. He arrived in Bengal in 1809.…
PRINGLE, Arthur Torrens. 1852? — Madras ?.1.1904. British Civil Servant in India. “Assistant Secretary to the Madras Government, and a writer of note, whose labors and research have earned the gratitude of many better known workers.” At the time of his untimely death he was editing John Fryer’s account of…
PRICE, William. Worcester 1780 (or 1771 acc. to G.-V.) — ?.6.1830. British Colonial Officer and Oriental Scholar in India. In 1811-12 Assistant Secretary and Interpreter of Gore Ouseley’s mission to Persia. He kept a detailed diary, draw buildings and landscapes and copied cuneiform inscriptions. Returned to England he concentrated on…
PRICE, David. Merthyr Cynog near Brecon, Powys 1762 — 16.12.1835. British Colonial Officer in India, Persian Scholar and Historian. Major. Served in India in 1781–1805. Son of David Price, a curate, lost early his father. “Educated at Brecknock and Jesus College, Cambridge; Sizar; enlisted the E.I.Co.’s service, went to India,…
POTTINGER, Henry. Ballymacarrett, co. Down 3.10.1788 — Malta 18.3.1855. Sir (Bart). British Colonial Officer in India. Born in a Berkshire family settled in Ireland. “Son of Eldred Curwen P., educated at Belfast; went to sea and to India [1804] to join the marine service, but entered the Army in Bombay…
PHAYRE, Arthur Purves. Shrewsbury 7.5.1812 — Bray near Dublin 14.12.1885. Sir. British Colonial Officer and Burmese Scholar. In Burma 1834-74. Son of Richard Ph. and Mary Ridgeway. “Educated in Shrewsbury, entered the Bengal Army, 1828. Served in the administration of Burma, 1834-48, in the Panjab, 1848-9; Commissioner of Arakan, 1849,…
VAUGHAN, John Luther. Leicester St. Martin 6.3.1820 — Tunbridge, Kent 2.1.1911. Sir. British Colonial Officer in India. Son of Rev. Edward Thomas V. and Agnes Pares, educated at Rugby. Joined Indian Army in 1840, served in Maharajpur. In 1855 in Crimea. In 1857 commanded a Field Force in the Yusafzai…
YOUNGHUSBAND, Francis Edward. Murree, Rawalpindi dt. 31.5.1863 — Lytchett Minster, Dorset 31.7.1942. Sir. British Colonial Officer, Diplomat, Traveller, and Central Asian Scholar. In 1882-1909 in India and Asia. Son of Major (then Major-General) John William Y. (1823–1907, in India 1840–70) and Clara Jane Shaw (sister of —> Robert Shaw). Educated…