FORREST, George William. Nusserabad (Nasirabad), Rajasthan 8.1.1846 — Oxford 28.1.1926. Sir. British Civil Servant in India, Historian of the Colonial Period. Son of Captain George F. (1800–1859) of Indian army and Ann Edwards, younger brother of —> R.E.F. Educated privately and at St. John’s College, Cambridge (B.A. 1870). Studied law…
FORBES, Charles James Forbes Smith- (C. J. F. Smith). 1834 — Tharrawaddy, Burma ?.11.1879. British Colonial Officer in Burma, Pāli and Burmese scholar. Came to the East in 1858 as Captain of Queen’s Army, and was sent to Burma with his regiment. He soon became so fascinated with the country…
FAWCETT, Charles Gordon Hill. Southsea, Portsmouth 28.6.1869 — Exmouth, Devon 7.3.1952. Sir. British Civil Servant and Historian of Colonial India. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Rowland Hill F. and Eliza Rose Wood. Educated at Harrow, from 1888 studies at Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 1890 joined the I.C.S. in Bombay. In the end…
EVEREST, George. Gwernvale near Brecon, Wales 4.6.1790 — London 1.12.1866. Sir. British (Welsh) Colonial Officer (Military Engineer) and Geographer in India. Eponymous for Mount Everest. Son of William Tristram E.,, a solicitor and justice of peace, and Lucetta Mary Smith. Educated at the military schools of Great Marlow and Woolwitch.…
ELPHINSTONE, Mountstuart. Dumbarton, Scotland 6.10.1779 — Hookwood, Surrey 20.11.1859. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of John, the 11th Baron E., and Anne Ruthven. Educated in Edinburgh and Kensington. From 1795 writer in E.I.C.’s service, was sent to Benares, where he soon learned Persian and Hindi and barely escaped…
EDWARDES, Stephen Meredyth. 1873 — Felden, Hertfordshire 1.1.1927. British Civil Servant and Historian in India, from 1923 editor of the Indian Antiquary. Son of the Rev. Stephen E. Educated at Eton, studies at Christ Church, Oxford. Passed the I.C.S. examination in 1894 and was sent to the Bombay Presidency. From…
EASTWICK, Edward Backhouse. Warfield, Berkshire 13.3.1814 — Ventnor, Isle of Wight 16.7.1883. British Colonial Officer, Diplomat, Indologist and Oriental Scholar (Urdu and Persian). Son of sea-captain Robert William E. (1772–1865) of Bombay Marine, brother of William Joseph E. (1808–1889) of I.C.S. and Council of India. Educated at Charterhouse and from…
DODWELL, Henry Herbert. 1879 — Chertsey, Surrey 13.6.1946. British Historian. Educated in Thame, studies at St.John’s (Oxford), graduated 1908 and joined Indian Educational Service, retired 1922. In 1922-46 Professor of History and Culture of the British Dominions in Asia at S.O.A.S. Married 1908 Lily May Mason, four children. Publications: Dupleix…
DAVIES, Cuthbert Collin. Narbeth, Pembrokeshire 16.4.1896 — 5.11.1974. British (Welsh) Historian of South Asia. Son of David Collins Davies. Studied at University of Wales in Aberystwyth (B.A.). Ph.D. 1926 Cambridge (Peterhouse). Served as officer in Indian North-West Frontier in WW I and in the third Afghan war. In 1926-36 Lecturer in…
CUTTS, Elmer Henry. Silver Cliff, Color. 15.3.1908 — Boston, Mass. 4.4.1960. U.S. Historian of Colonial India. Son of Elmer Henry C. (1866–1917) and Alice Florence Tyler, twin brother of Earl Warren Cutts. Educated at University of Washington (B.A. 1929, M.A. 1932) in Seattle and under Lanman (?) at Harvard, where…