SAMMAN, Herbert Frederick. 1871 — 1940. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Henry Samman (b. 1821) and Georgina Ann. Educated in Stratford-on-Avon, studies at Cambridge (Emanuel College), passed I.C.S. examination in 1890. In 1892-1919 served in Bengal (in the 1890s briefly in Assam). In 1922-35 Lecturer in Bengali at…
PALMER, Edward Henry. Cambridge 7.8.1840 — Sinai Peninsula 11.8.1882. British Oriental Scholar and Asian traveller. Son of William Henry Palmer, a private schoolmaster, and his wife Mary, lost early his father and soon also his mother, grew up with an aunt. After school in Cambridge he was sent to London…
MORIARTY, Gerald Patrick. Dieppe, France 1.4.1863 — Cambridge 21.6.1924. British (Irish?) Historian. Son of physician Stephen Stack Moriarty (1805–1869) and Herbert Maria Stack, educated at Brighton College. From 1881 studies at Balliol College, Oxford (B.A. 1885). Worked as tutor in Oxford, then from 1895 I.C.S. teacher and 1897-1924 University Teacher…
LILLINGSTON, Frank (also called Lillington). Tysse near Bergen, Norway 2.8.1872 — Aylsham, Norfolk 7.9.1909. Rev. British Clergyman. Son of Rev. Claude Augustus Lillingston (1836–1905), who had emigrated to Norway in 1865, and Edith Pares. Studies at Cambridge (Pembroke College), B.A. 1894, M.A. 1898. Ordained priest 1897. In 1897-98 Theological Lecturer at…
FRANCIS, Henry Thomas. West Raynham, Norfolk 22.10.1837 — Cambridge 28.6.1924. British Indologist (Pāli scholar). Son of William Francis and Mary Gay. Education: schools at Walsingham & Ipswitch; from 1856 studies at Cambridge (B.A. 1860, M.A. 1863), 1861-73 Fellow of Caius College. Assistant schoolmaster in Kensington 1864-65, Bromsgrove 1865-73 and at…
DODERET, William. Madras 30.9.1862 — London 1931. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Frederick Doderet. Educated in London, from 1880 studied at Balliol College, Oxford. M.A. Joined I.C.S. 1880, arrived 1882, served in Gujarat and Maharashtra, retired 1909. In 1910-19 University Teacher of Marathi at Cambridge. Married 1884 Margaret…
CANDY, Edward Townshend. Poona (Pune) 15.4.1845 — ?.4.1913. Sir (1904). British Civil Servant in India. Son of —> Thomas Candy (1803–1877) and Caroline Boyce. Educated at Cheltenham College. M.A. Entered Bombay C.S. 1865, retired 1903. “Judicial Assistant to the Political Agent, Kattiawar, 1872-82: officiating Judicial Commissioner in Sind, 1886-7: Vice-chancellor…
CAMPBELL, Archibald. Bilberry, Argyll 18.1.1877 – London 24.4.1963. British (Scottish) Civil Servant in India. Son of John Campbell (1844–1908) and Margaret Lloyd. Educated at Harrow, studies at Cambridge (Pembroke College). M.A. Served in I.C.S. 1900-28, retired as Judge of the High Court of Lahore (1921-28). In retirement soon (1929) became…
BOUQUET, Alan Coates. Forest Hill, London 24.5.1884 — Cambridge 4.3.1976. Rev. British Scholar of Religion. Son of Robert Coates Bouquet, Registrar to the Art Union of London, of Huguenot descent, and Elizabeth Stow. After St.Dunstan’s College and London University College studies at Cambridge (Trinity College): B.A. 1905, M.A. 1910, B.D. 1918,…
PARSONS, Francis Cotton. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire 29.11.1867 — Lausanne, Vaud 23.12.1924. British Civil Servant in India. Son of a farmer, William Baldock Parsons, and Louisa Ambrose. Educated in Waterbeach and Reading, studied at Cambridge (Trinity College). Joined I.C.S. in 1886, served in different parts of South India. District and Sessions Judge…