MACAN, Turner. Kilbrogan, Bandon, county Cork 30.9.1792 — Calcutta 24.7.1836. Irish Colonial Officer and Oriental Scholar in India. Major. Son of Robert Macan (McCann, 1717–1795) and Hannah Bagwell. In 1795 the family moved to Carriff (now Carrive), county Armaghan. Came to India in the age of 15, Lieutenant when 17.…
LUDLOW, John Malcolm Forbes. Nimach, Madhya Pradesh 8.3.1821 — 17.10.1911. Sir. British Lawyer and Historian. Son of colonel John L. of I.C.S., educated at Merchant Taylor’s School and College Bourbon in Paris. In 1843 he was called to the bar from Lincoln’s Inn and practised as Conveyancer until 1874. In…
LEWIS, John Penry. Galway, Ireland 1854 (hardly 1851) — Dorset 29.9.1923. British Civil Servant in Sri Lanka. Son of John Lewis and Sarah Scott. After school in Middlesex, studies at Queen’s University in Belfast (B.A. 1876, M.A. 1882). In 1877 joined Ceylon Civil Service, served in revenue and judicial departments.…
LEE-WARNER, William. Little Walsingham, Norfolk 18.4.1846 — Norwich 18.6.1914. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Canon James L.-W., of Thorpland Hall, Norfolk, and Anne Astley. Educated at Rugby and Cambridge (St.John’s College). B.A. 1869, M.A. 1872. In 1869 joined I.C.S., served as Collector in Poona and Satara, Political…
LEES, William Nassau. London 26.2.1825 — London 9.3.1889. British (Irish) Colonial Officer and Oriental Scholar in India, Specialist of Arabic, Persian and Hindustani. Fourth son of Sir Harcourt Lees, Bart. (1776–1852), a Protestant clergyman from Ireland, and Sophia Lyster, educated at Nut Grove and Trinity College in Dublin. In 1846…
LAMBRICK, Hugh Trevor. Shardlow, Derbyshire 20.4.1904 — Oxford 31.8.1982. British Civil Servant and Historian in India. Son of Rev. Charles Mengier (Menzies?) L. (1862–1947) and Jessie Mabel Trevor (1875–1946). Educated in Caterham, Surrey and Fleetwood, Lancashire. Born in a family with long traditions in colonial service and especially in Sindh,…
KENNEDY, Vans. Pinmore, Parish of Ayr 1784 — Bombay 28.12.1846. British (Scots) Colonial Officer and Indologist in India. Major-General. The youngest son of Robert K. of Pinmore, of an old Ayrshire family, and Robina Vans. The father lost his money in the bankruptcy of Ayr bank and had to sell…
KAYE, John William. Acton (London) 3.6.1814 — London 24.7.1876. Sir. British Colonial Officer, Publisher and Historian in India. Son of Charles K., solicitor to the Bank of England, and Eliza Atkins. Educated at Eton and Addiscombe. Joined the Bengal Artillery and went to India in 1832/33. Retired from the army…
HUNTER, William Wilson. Glasgow 15.7.1840 — Oaken Holt near Oxford 7.2.1900. Sir. British (Scottish) Civil Servant, Historian, Statistician, Ethnologist and Linguist in India. Son of Andrew Galloway H., a manufacturer, and Isabella Wilson. Educated at Glasgow Academy and University (B.A. 1860). Further studies in Paris and Bonn (i.al. some Sanskrit).…
HILL, Samuel Charles. Berhampore, West Bengal 16.7.1857 — 6.5.1926. British Historian of India. Son of Rev. Samuel John Hill (1825–1891), L.M.S. missionary in India (also his father, Micaiah Hill, had been missionary in India) and Leonora Josephina Müller. Educated at Blackheath School (for the sons of missionaries), at University College…