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# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Bhup Dev Singh, Raja

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​Bhup Dev Singh, Raja; Born, 1868; Succeeded to estate, 1894. Belongs to a Gond family formerly settled in Bairagarh, Nagpur, but having been driven out by the Mahrattas had subsequently settled in Raigarh. The Chief also obtained possession of Borgarh about 60 years ago. The area of the state is 1,486 squire miles with a population of about 300,000 and a revenue of about three lakhs. The heir apparent to the State is Lai Netwar Singh. Address: Raigarh, Sambalpur District, C.P.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Bhopal, Begum of; H.H. Nawab Sultan Sir Jehan Begum

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​Bhopal, Begum of; H.H. Nawab Sultan Sir Jehan Begum, G.C.S.I. 1910; G.C.I.E,, 1904; b. 1858; S. mother (H.H. Nawab Shah Jehan Begum, G.C.S.I, C.I.), 1910; Eighth in lineal descent from the famous Dost Mahomed Khan, founder of the dynasty: Area of the State, 6,874 square miles; Population, 900,000; Her Highness receives a salute of 21 guns within, and 19 guns outside the limits of her dominions. Address: Bhopal, Central India.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Bhimasena Rao, H. B. A.

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​Bhimasena Rao, H. B. A., son of Mr B. Hanumantha Rao. B.A., retired Professor, College of Engineering, Madras: Dy. Accountant General, Madras; B.A. 1896; Joined services as Assistant Accountant General, Madras, 1899; Comptroller, Postal Accounts of Central Provinces, 1902; Assistant Accountant General and Examiner of Local Fund Accounts, Madras, 1908; Assistant Accountant General. Calcutta, 1961; Dy Accountant General, Rangoon, 1912; Dy Accountant General, Madras, 1914. Address: Kamlalaya, Rayapeta, Madras.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Bhinga, Raja of; Rajarshi Udai Pratap Singh

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​Bhinga, Raja of; Rajarshi Udai Pratap Singh, C.S.I.. b. 1850; succeeded his father, the late Raja Krishna Datta Singh, 1862; took charge of the estate, 1869; educated at the Court of Wards Institute, Lucknow; married the Younger daughter of the late Raja Raghunath Shah Dewa, of Aghori Barhar in the district of Mirzapur. Is a Kshatriya of the Bishen clan and traces his descent from Mayur Bhatta, a devotee. The last of the Gonda line of Chiefs was Raja Devi Bakhsh Singh. In 1887, the Government of India presented the present Raja with a cannon; exempted him from the operation of the Arms Act and from personal attendance in Civil Courts. He has established what is now ​known as the “Kshatriya Upkarni Mahasabha” for which he has made an endowment of Rs. 35,000; founded the “Bhinga Raj Kshatri ya Scholarship”, and the Edward Scholarships; has given Rs. 11,000 for sending a Kshatriya graduate to Oxford or Cambridge University; has endowed Rs. 10 lakhs for the Hewett Kshatriya High School at Benares. The title of “Rajarshi” was conferred on him by the Mahasabha, which has been recognised by Government as a mode of address; retired from public life and is leading the life of a recluse at Benares since 1895. Publication: “A history of the Bhinga Raj Family” (1883); “Democracy not suited to India” (1888), “The decay of the landed, Aristocracy in India” (1892); “Memorandum on the education of the sons of Landlords” (1882); “Minute on the Law of Sedition in India” (1892); “The Russul Question” (1893) and “Views and Observations” (1907). Address: Bhinga Estate, Bahraich, Oudh; also, Durgakund, Benares City.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Bhunesh Partab Singh, Raja

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​Bhunesh Partab Singh, Raja; Born, 1884, succeeded to title 1904; head of the younger branch of the Sarnet clan of Rajputs founded by Chandar Sen; Rundhir Singh, the youngest son of Chandra Sen, was the first to receive the estate of Unaula for his share. Of the history of the descendants of Randhir Singh, very little is known, except that they provided heirs for the Bansiline on two different occasions; Raja Harihar Surparaz Singh was in ​possession of the Estate when the District of Gorakhpur was ceded to the British. The Raja having been left in undisturbed possession of his property after the Mutiny of 1857, the Estate has now come in possession of the present holder. Comprises 65 villages in the district of Gorakhpur, paying an annual revenue of Rs. 11,379. The title of Raja has been recognised. Address: Unaula, Gorakhpur, U.P.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Bhedwar, Shapur N.

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​Bhedwar, Shapur N.; Indian artist and photographer, Bombay; b.; 1858; Visited Europe. 1891; Holds over forty Medals and diplomas: also a gold Medal of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain and Champion gold medal of the International Photographic Exhibition, Liverpool. Is a photographer to the Royal family. Has published several Guzrathi works. Address: Camballa Hall, Bombay.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Bhownagree, Sir Mancherjee Merwanjee

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​Bhownagree, Sir Mancherjee Merwanjee, K.C.I.E.; 1897; Bart. 1858; b. 1851; belongs to a family which originally came from Persia; m. 1872; one s. one d. Educ.: Elphinstone College. Began life as a journalist; appointed as Agent, at Bombay, for the State of Bhavangar, 1873, of which he became Judicial Councillor, 1887; M.P.(L.) Bethnal Green, North-East, 1895-1906; founded the Ave Bhownagree Nurses’ Home at Bombay, and erected the Bhownagree Corridor at Imperial Institute, London, in memory of his only sister. Took part in the agitation against the treatment of Indians in South Africa and other colonies, 1914. Publications: History of the Constitution of the East India Company, 1871: Gujerati translation of H.M.’s Life in the Highlands, etc. Recreations: gymnastics, riding. Address: 177, Cromwell Road, S.W. Carlton, and Constitutional Clubs.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Bhupendra Bahadur Singh, Raja, of Kautit

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​Bhupendra Bahadur Singh, Raja, of Kautit; born, 1863; educated at Queen’s College, Benares; succeeded to the Estate, 1893; claims descent from the Kings of Kanauj; the family settled in Benares and obtained their possessions in Mirzapur from the Bhars. In 1758, Bikramajit Singh, the head of the family, was ejected by Raja Bahvant Singh of Benares. The property, however, was regained after the flight of Chet Singh, when Govind Singh, son of Bikramajit Singh, was awarded a Malicana allowance of Rs. 87,000/. This was afterwards exchanged for Bijapur. In the time of Jagat Bahadur Singh, the estate was taken over by the Court of Wards. Soon after Jagat Bahadur Singh died and his son Rajendra Bahadur Singh died just as the estate was about to be handed over to him. The whole estate comprises 400 villages and shares in thirteen others in the district of Mirzapur. Hereditary title of Raja recognised by Government, 1781. The Raja has contributed liberally to the Mirzapur Town Hall, hospital, and the water works. Address: Bejpur, Mirzapur, U.P.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Bhupendranath Basu, Babu

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​Bhupendranath Bssu, Babu. See Basu, Babu Bhupendranath..
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Bhore, Joseph William

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​Bhore, Joseph William, B.A., (Bombay), I.C.S. Dewan of Cochin State since 1913; Ed. in Bombay and at University College, London; joined service as Assistant Collector and Magistrate, Kistna, 1902; Acted as Head Assistant Collector and Magistrate in various places and on different occasions till he became Assistant Secretary and then acting Under Secretary to Government in the Rev. Dept. 1910; Sub-Collector, 3rd Grade, 1911; Dewan of the State of Cochin, 1913; Address: Enakulam, Cochin State, South India.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Campbell, John Strathenden

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​Campbell, John Strathenden, C.S.I., (1909); C.I.E., (1907) s. of late John Scarlett Campbell; b, 1868, educ. Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford; entered I.C.S., 1881; Joint Magistrate, 1890; District and Sessions Judge, 1896; Deputy Commissioner, 1896; Magistrate and Collector, 1898. Commissioner, U.P. India, since 1906: Address: Kumaon Division U.P., India.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Campbell, Honble Col. Robert Neil

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​Campbell, Honble Col. Robert Neil, C.I.E. 1909; M.B, Officiating Inspector-General, Civil Hospitals, Assam: b. 1854; entered Army 1877: Leut. Col. I.M.S. 1897; Served Naga Hills Expedition, 1874-80; Akha Expedition 1883-4 (despatches). Holds Kaiser-i-Hind medal; Member, Legislative Council Assam, 1913. Address: Gauhati, Assam.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Campbell, Major Malcolm Sydenham Clarke

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​Campbell, Major Malcolm Sydenham Clarke, C.I.E. 1907: R.A., 1st Class Indian Ordnance Officer, since 1902; b. 1863; s. of Major-General A. H. E. Campbell, late Madras Cavalry; educ.: Cheltenham College and Roy. Kiel. Academy, Woolwich; entered Royal Artillery, 1883; served Burma Campaign, 1885-87; joined Indian Ordnance Department, 1888; served with China Field Force, 1900; present at relief of Peking; 1st Class Ordnance Officer, 1902; Deputy Inspector-General of Ordnance, 1909; Ordnance Commissioner; India, 1911; Lieut. ​Col, 1911: Club: Royal and Ancient, St. Andrews.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Cappel, Edward Louis

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​Cappel, Edward Louis, C.I.E. (1900); I.C.S., Additional Member, Legislative Council, India, 1903-1906; b. 1856; s. of late Rev. L. Cappel; educ: Merchant Taylors School: entered I.C.S., 1878; Director of Land Records and Agriculture, Bombay, 1891-3; Junior Collector and Magistrate, 1896; Senior Collector, 1897; Acting Commissioner, 1901-1903; Retd., 1897; Address: 2, Museum Mansions, Great Russell Street, W.C. Club: East India United Service.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Cappel, Sir Albert James Leppoc

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​Cappel, Sir Albert James Leppoc. K.C.I.E. (1887); b 1836; s. of late J. Leppoc Cappel: served in the Crimea, 1855-56; Director of Indian Telegraphs, 1883-9 (several times thanked by Govt. of India). Address: 27, Kensington Court Gardens, W. Club St. Stephen’s.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Campbell, Captain Alexander

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​Campbell, Captain Alexander, Royal Indian Marine: D.S.O. 1887; C.I.E. 1893; retired, 1894; b. Ballyalton, Co. Down, 1839; 3rd s. of late Wm. Campbell; educ: Belfast Officer Mercantile Marine, 1855-65; entered Bombay Marine, 1865; held various appointments and commands till 1865-85; assisted Abyssinian and Egyptian expeditions; 1885-86, served in Burma expedition as Chief Marine Transport Officer; specially selected as Depty. Director, Royal Indian Marine, 1887; Address: Rathgael, 1, Kimbolton Avenue, Bedford. Clubs: Junior Conservative; Town and County, Bedford.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Campbell, Col. Walter

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​Campbell, Col. Walter, B.A., D.S.O. (1900) b. 1864; s. of late John Campbell, of Rath feru, Co. Antrum; educ, Wellington College and Trinity College, Combridge; Joined Gordon Highlanders 1887; served in the Wazirstan Field Force, 1894-5; Chitral Relief Force, Tirah Expedition, 1837-8, including Dargai, Sampaga, and Arhang; South Africa, 1899-1902, with 1st Batt. Gordon Highlanders; Brig. Major, Highland Brigade, and D.A.A.G. Army Head Quarters D.A.Q.M.G., Headquarters Staff: acted as Asst. Commissioner, City Police, 1911. Club: United Service.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Campbell, Colin George

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​Campbell, Colin George: Assistant Under Secretary of State for India since 1907; b. 1852; s. of Colin George Campbell of Stonefield, Argyllshire; educ.: Rugby; Balliol College, Oxford; joined India Office, 1876; Private Secretary to Secretary of State for India, 1894-95; Secretary to Royal Commission, Indian Expedition, 1895 1900. Address: 43, Lower Belgrave Street S.W. Clubs: New University; Royal Highland Yacht.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Candy, Sir Edward Townshend

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​Candy, Sir Edward Townshend, Kt., (1904). Bar-at-Law, I.C.S., C.S.I. (1903); s. of late Major Thomas Candy, C.S.I., b. 1845; m. 1874, Constance Mary, d. of C. M. Harrison, late Bo.C.S.; educ: Cheltenham College; Entered Indian Civil Service, 1865; served as Assistant Collector, Assistant Judge, District and Sessions Judge in many parts of the Bombay Presidency; Judicial Assistant to the Political Agent, Kathia war, 1873-82; officiated as Judicial Commissioner in Sind, 1883 and 1886-87. Vice-Chancellor, Bombay University, 1897-1902; Puisne Judge, High Court, 1889-1903: retired, 1903; Reader in India Law, Cambridge University, 1909-6; a teacher therein 1907: Correspondent of Educational Adviser of Indian student, 1909. Address: Great Shelford, near Cambridge. Club: East India United Service.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Campbell, R. H.

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​Campbell, R. H.; C.I.E., (1912); educ. the Edinburgh University; joined service, 1885; Under Secretary to Government, Rev. Dept. 1892; Collector & Magistrate, 1896; Private Secretary to H.E. the Governor of Madras, 1899; Collector of Vizagapatam, 1903; Private Secretary to H.H. Maharaja of Mysore, 1909; Retired from British Service, 1912; Address: Mysore, & Bangalore.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Brittain, Rev Canon Arthur Henry Barrett

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​Brittain, Rev Canon Arthur Henry Barrett. M. A.; b. 1854: 7th s. of late Rev. Charles Brittain; m. Geraldine Feodora, d. of late Henry Barry Hyde, one s., one d.; Educ: King Edward’s School, Birmingham; St. Edmund Hall, Oxford; M.A., 1879; Ordained Curate of Wolstanton, 1880; Founder and first head of St. Augustine Mission, Fulham; Junior ​Chaplain, Madras, 1887; Senior Chaplain, and Canon of Madras Cathedral: Editor, Madras Diocesan Magazine, 1903-07; Acting Archdeacon of Madras and Bishop’s Commissary; Founder of the Diocesan Soldier’s Institutes at Secunderabad and St. Thomas’s Mount: Secretary of the Anglican Third Order; Vicar of Whittlebury-cum-Silverstone, 1909. Address: Whittlebury Vicarage, Towcester.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Broacha, Sir Shapurji Burjorji

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​Broacha, Sir Shapurji Burjorji, Kt. (1911), late Sheriff of Bombay; President of the Native Share and Stock Broker’s Association. Address: Bombay.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Brodie, Hon’ble; Mr. Norman Somerville

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​Brodie, Hon’ble; Mr. Norman Somerville, M.A., I.C.S., Member. Board of Revenue, Madras; completed education at the Christ Church College, Oxford; joined service, 1886; permitted to remain one more year in England for taking a Degree in Honors at the Oxford University; arrived in India, December 1887; posted as Assistant Collector and Magistrate, 1888; acted in the various subordinate grades in various parts of the Presidency; twice deputed on special duty, once for preparing Administration Report of the Presidency for 1899-90, and again for arranging records in the office of the Board of Revenue, Madras; Secretary to Commissioner of Salt, etc., Madras, 1900; Collector and Magistrate, 1903; again on special duty for the organisation of the Guntur Dist. 1904 and as a Member, P.W. Estbt. Committee, 1906-07; Addl. Member, Madras Legislative Council, 1912; 4th Member, Board of Revenue, Madras, 1913. Address; Nungambakam, Madras, India.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Broun, John Alexander

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​Broun, John Alexander, C.S.I. 1909; Commissioner, Fyzabad Division; b. 1856; s, of late John Allan Broun, F.R.S.; m. 1889, Mary d. of Maj.-General de Symons Barrow; Educ.: University College, London; Balliol College, Oxford; Entered I.C.S. 1877; Joint Magistrate, 1888; Deputy Commissioner, 1894; Magistrate and Collector, 1896. Address: Fyzabad, India. Club: East India United Service.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Brown, Thomas Edwin Burton

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​Brown, Thomas Edwin Burton, M.D., C.I.E.; Brigade-Surgeon (retired); b. 1833: s. of Thomas Brown; m. 1862, Mary Caroline, d. of Charles Hewlett (deceased); three s. one d. Educ.: King’s College School: Guy’s Hospital, London; Exhibitioner and Gold Medalist in Anatomy and Materia Medica; Gold Medalist in Botany, Surgery, and Physiology; Demonstrator of Anatomy, Guy’s Hospital, 1857; House-Surgeon, Medical College Hospital, Calcutta, 1860; Chemical Examiner, Punjab Govt. 1861; Lecturer on Chemistry, Botany, Materia Medica, and Toxicology, Lahore Medical School, 1870; Principal, Lahore Medical College, and Lecturer on Medicine and Physiology; Medical Tutor, Ayerst Hostel, Cambridge, 1890: Examiner, Apothecaries Society, 1891; Master, Apothecaries Society, 1901-2; President, Therapeutical Society, 1906; Vice-President, Royal Society of Medicine. Publications: On Punjab Poisons, and papers in the Indian Medical Gazette. Recreation: gardening. Address: Ryslaw, 185, Willesden Lane, Brondesbury, N.W.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Browne, Colonel Samuel Haslet

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​Browne, Colonel Samuel Haslet, M.D., M.R.C.P., C.I.E. 1896. I.M.S.; retired I.G. of Civil Hospitals, Bengal; late Hon, Surgeon to Viceroy of India; b. Buncrana, Co Donegal, Ireland, 1850; y.s. of Rev. William Browne; Educ.: Queen’s College. Belfast; and in medical colleges in London, Paris, and Vienna; Fellow Royal Institute of Public Health; entered Royal Naval Medical Service 1870; resigned, 1874; entered Indian Medical Service; Afghan War, 1878-79 Civil Surgeon, Simla, 1886; Principal, Medical College, Lahore, 1899, 1903. Recreations: golf, tennis, shooting. Club: East India United Service.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Broadbent, Col. John Edward

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​Broadbent, Col. John Edward, C.B. 1393; R.E.; b. Longwood, 1845; 3rd s. of late John Broadbent, Longwood Edge, near Huddersfield; m. 1st, 1870, Dora ​(d. 1897), d. of T. Nicholson; three s. one d.; 2nd, 1900, Hon. Alexandra Caroline Frances, 4th d. of 14th Baron Saye and Sele, Educ.; privately. Pollock Medal, R.M. Academy, Woolwich. Joined R.E. 1866: sailed for India 1866; commanded 3rd Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners, 1869; Secretary to Torpedo Committee, Calcutta, till 1874; Military Works Department, 1874; Head-quarters Staff of Inspector General of Military Works, Simla 1879-82; Assistant Secretary and Deputy Secretary, Government of India, Military Department 1882-92; Deputy Director-General for Fortifications, 1892-94; Chief Engineer, Bombay Military works, 1894-95; Chief Engineer, Punjab Command, 1895-1902: commanded R.E. Malakand Field Force, 1897; Brigadier General commanding R.E. Tirah Expeditionary Force, 1897; despatches; Treasurer Royal Berkshire Hospital; J.P. Berks, Decorated for Malokand Field Force; Tirah Expeditionary Force; retired, 1902. Recreations: Reading. Address: Fynesbury. Club: Berkshire.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Brooke, Sir William Robert

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​Brooke, Sir William Robert, K.C.I.E.; 1895; b. 1842; m. 1870, Evelyn, d. of John Simons; entered Indian Telegraph Department, 1857; Superintendent, Bombay, 1866-69; Punjab, 1869-71; Director, 1883; Deputy Director-General, 1886-87; Director-Gen. of Telegraphs in India, 1887; retired, 1895. Address: Albert Gate Mansions, 219 Knightsbridge, S.W. Club: Oriental.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Brown, Charles

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​Brown, Charles, C.I.E. (1903); b. 1849; s. of late Rev. J. R. Brown, Vicar of Knighton, Radnorshire; m. 1875, Wilhelmina Mary, d. of late Lieut.-Col. J. P. Mayers of Pendell Court, Bletchingley, Surrey; one d. Educ.: Marlborough College; entered Punjab Police, 1868; District Superintendent, 1876; served in Afghanistan, 1869 (medal and clasp); Deputy Inspector-General. 1894.; Inspector-General, 1901; in charge of Police arrangements, Coronation Durbar, Delhi, 1903; retired, 1904. Adderss: Southend Lodge, Cheltenham. Club: New Cheltenham.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Broadfoot, Major William

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​Broadfoot, Major William C.B. (1888), F.R.G.S.: b, 1841: s. of Alexander Broadfoot: educ; privately and at Addiscombe College, joined the Royal Engineers, 1860; Major, 1881: served with the Hazara Field Force, 1868 (Medal and Clasp); in the Irrigation Department in the Panjab, 1864-8: Assistant Secretary to the Panjab Government, 1863-78: retired; is the Referee of Royal Geographical Society on Afghanistan, Beluchistan, and India. Publications: The Career of Major Georga Broadfoot, Billiards, in the Badminton Library, 1891; numerous articles in the principal Reviews and Magazines, and in the Athenaeum, the Times Encyclopedia Britannica, Etc.; Biographies in the D.N.B. and the R.E. Journal: Recreations: travel, towing, painting in water colours, billiards. Address: 103, Glowcestor Terrace Hyde Park, W. Naval and Military, and Union, Clubs.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Rogers, Leslie

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​Rogers, Leslie, Secretary, Bombay Chamber of Commerce since 1905; has vast experience in tea planting; is President of the Planters Association, Dehra Dhun; delegate to Conference summoned by Sir James Lyall’s for the purpose of re-opening the old trade routes to the markets of Afghanistan and Central Asia; constant contributor to the “Pioneer”, and other papers on Tea Planting, etc. Publication: “Telephotography in Modern Warfare”. Address: Dehra Dhun, India.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Rolland, Col. Alexander Tulloch

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​Rolland, Col. Alexander Tulloch, Indian Army (Retired). Joined the Service in the Madras Army as Ensign, 1856; served as Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent; transferred to Police Department as Deputy Inspector-General, 1885; acted as Commissioner of Police, Madras, 1889; reverted to Military Dpartment, 1893.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Ross, Sir Edward Charles

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​Ross, Sir Edward Charles, Kt. (1892), C.S.I. (1882); b. 1836; s. of D. R. Ross, M.P.; educ: at Edinburgh Academy; entered Indian Military Service, 1855; served with Central India Field Force in the Mutiny, 1857-8; joined political service, 1863; Resident in Persian Gulf and Consul-General for Fars, 1863-91; m. Sarah, d. of Col. C. S. Whitehill, 1862. Address: 8, Beaufort Road, Clifton, Bristol.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Rogers, Alexander

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​Rogers, Alexander, I.C.S., (retired); educ: Haileybury College; joined service and arrived in India, 1845; was for sometime employed in Revenue and Judicial Department, Bombay; posted as First Assistant Collector and Magistrate Brach, 1851; at Ahmedabad, in the same capacity, 1852; Collector and Magistrate, Ahmedabad, 1860; Revenue and Police Commissioner, Northern Division, 1865; Member of Council, Bombay, 1872; retired, 1879. Publications: History of the Land Revenue Settlement of Bombay; translation of three modern Persian Plays; and a translation of “Yusuf and Zuleika”; Edited the “Bostan”.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Rogers, C. G.

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​Rogers, C. G., Chief Conservator of Forests, Burma; joined service, 1888; Deputy Conservator, 1891; Chief Conservator, 1912. Address; Rangoon, Burma.