MILL, James (born J. Milne). Northwater Bridge, Logie Pert, Angus 6.4.1773 — Kensington (London) 23.6.1836. British (Scottish) Politician, Economist, Philosopher, and Historian of Colonial India. Son of James Milne, a shoemaker and small farmer, and Isabel Fenton. “Educated at Montrose Academy and Edinburgh University, studied philosophy. Was licensed as a…
MILES, William. 1780 — London 21.5.1860. British Colonial Officer in India. Major-General (1854). Cadet 1799, in 1800 joined the Bombay Native Infantry, served in operations against Baroda and in 1804 at Bhurtpore (Bharatpur). “Made a treaty in 1820 with the Raja of Rodanpur, commanded a regiment in the first Burmese…
MARTIN, Robert Montgomery. Dublin 1801? (or 1803) — Sutton, Surrey 6.9.1868. British (Anglo-Irish) Civil Servant, Physician, Botanist, Statistician and Historian in India and Asia. Born in a Protestant family in Ireland, son of John Martin and Mary Hawkins. Studied medicine. He came to Ceylon about 1820 and travelled around Indian…
MALCOLM, John. Burnfoot,Dumfriesshire 2.5.1769 — Windsor 31.5. or 30.7.1833. Sir. British (Scottish) Colonial Officer, Diplomat and Historian in India. Major-General. Son of George Malcolm, a tenant farmer, and Margaret Pasley, educated at Westerkirk. In 1782 (when 13) joined Indian army and arrived at Madras 1783. In 1792 under Cornwallis at…
MACNAGHTEN, William Hay. Antrim, North Ireland ?.8.1793 — Kabul 23.12.1841. Sir, first Bart. British Civil Servant, Diplomat, and Orientalist in India. Second son of the lawyer Sir Francis Workman Macnaghten (1763–1843, served in India 1809–25, Sir 1809, chief of the clan 1832, Bart. 1836, publ. Considerations on the Hindu Law,…
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 (1750–1808) and Hannah Bagwell. The grandfather had simplified his name from McCann to Macan. In 1795 the family moved to Carriff (now Carrive), county Armaghan. Joined army…
LUDLOW, John Malcolm Forbes. Nimach, Madhya Pradesh 8.3.1821 — 17.10.1911. Sir. British Lawyer and Historian. Son of colonel John Ludlow (d. 1821) of Indian army, and Maria Jone Brown. Educated at Merchant Taylor’s School and College Bourbon in Paris, where his mother had moved with children after father’s death. Bachelor-ès-lettres…
LEWIS, John Penry. Galway, Ireland 17.9.1854 (hardly 1851) — Canford Cliffs, 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…
LEE-WARNER, William. Little Walsingham, Norfolk 18.4.1846 — Norwich, Norfolk 18.6.1914. Sir. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Canon Henry James Lee-Warner (1809–1885), of Thorpland Hall, Norfolk, and Anne Astley. Educated at Rugby and from 1865 studied at Cambridge (St.John’s College). B.A. 1869, M.A. 1872. In 1869 joined I.C.S., served…
LEES, William Nassau. Dublin County (Wikipedia) or Kilanny, co. Louth (Grokipedia & D.I.B.) 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…