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# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Pulford, Colonel Richard Russell

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​Pulford, Colonel Richard Russal, R.E., C.I.E. (1897), P.W.D. Officer (retired); b. 1845; entered the R.E. 1866; became Colonel, 1895; joined Indian establishment, 1870; Assistant Principal, Thomassen Engineering College, Rurki, 1870; Assistant Engineer, 1873; Executive Engi neer, 1874, served in the Afghan War, 1878-80; Superintending Engineer, 1872; Officiating Chief Engineer, U.P., 1894; Secretary to Government, U.P., 1834; transferred to Rajputana, 1896; Chief Engineer, P.W.D., India, 1899-1901; retired, 1900. Address: c/o India Office, London.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Probyn, Sir Lesley Charles

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​Probyn, Sir Lesley Charles, K.C.V.O., (1906), Member of Council of H.R H. Prince of Wales since 1910; s. of late Captain George Probyn, b. London, 1834; educ: Finchley; and Haileybury; joined I.C.S., 1854; m. Victoria Charlotte Isabella, d. of J. J. Kinlock of Kair, 1852; Director, G.N.R. since 1883; Auditor, Duchy of Cornwall, 1891; Member of the Council of Prince of Wales, 1897-1901; and again in 1910; served in the Indian Mutiny and won a medal; Accountant-General, Punjab.for 10 years and was Commandant of First Punjab Volunteer Rifle Corps for five years; special Commission to British Guiana. 1879; joined the Directorate of G.N. Railway, 1883. Publication: Articles published in the Journals of the Institute of Bankers of the Royal Statistical Society, the East India Association, on Financial questions. Address: 79, Onslow Square, S.W. Club: East India United Service.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Puttanna Chetty, K.

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​Puttanna Chetty, K., 1st. Councillor, Mysore, (retired); b. 1854; joined service in the Executive Engineer’s Office, Water Supply Division, Bangalore, 1874; worked in the clerical ranks of the Consulting Engineer’s Office, Mysore State Railway, 1871; became Assistant Traffic Superintendent and Traffic ​Superintendent, Mysore State Railway, 1884; services lent to S.M.R.Co., (now part of M.S.M.R.) 1886; Assistant Commissioner on Police duty, Shimoga, 1888; Commissioner and Vice-President, Bangalore Municipality, 1891; attached to the offices of Inspector-General of Police and Forests, and Director of Statistics and Agriculture, 1891; Sub-Divisional Officer, Closepet, 1896; Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate, 1897; ex officio President, Bangalore Municipality, 1878; on special duty to collect traffic statistics for the Mysore West Coast Railway Project, 22nd August to 13th December, 1900; 2nd Member of Council, Mysore, 1906; 1st Member, 1st April, 1906; retired, 1913; President, Bangalore City Municipality; President, Committee of Management, Lingayet’s Hostel, Mysore, 1915. Address: Chamrajpet, Bangalore City, Mysore State, India.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Quamrul Huda

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​Quamrul Huda, Bar-at-law; elected non-official Member, Imperial Legislative Council, representing Bihar and Orissa. Address: Patna, Bengal, India.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Puckle, Richard Kaye

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​Puckle, Richard Kaye, C.I.E. (1879); M.C.S. (retired); b. 1830; educ: Tonbridge School and Hailybury College; joined Madras Civil Service, 1851; Deputy Director, Revenue Settlement, 1859; Collector and Magistrate, Tinnevelly, 1866; Director of Revenue Settlement, 1874; employed in famine districts, 1877; Member, Board of Revenue, 1879; engaged for 22 years in preparing data for reassessment of lands and for the revision of Government establishment in the ryotwari villages in Madras; retired, 1881. Publications: Hand book on revenue matters and the duties of Village Officers Address: 123, Oakwood Court, Kingston.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Quadar Nawaz Khan

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​Quadar Nawaz Khan, Khan Bahadur (1891), retired Collector and District Magistrate; belongs to the Carnatic Family; b. 1856; joined Government service, 1876; retired, 1911. Address: Royapettah, Madras, India.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Priyanath Mukharji

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​Priyanath Mukharji, Hon’ble, Rai Bahadur; official Member, Legislative Council. Bengal, since 15th January 1913. Address: Calcutta, India.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Pym, Right Rev. Walter Ruthven

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​Pym, Right Rev. Walter Ruthven, D.D., M.A. (Cantab), Indian Ecclesiastical Department (retired); s. of M. E. Alexander Pym; b. at Great Chesterford, Essex, 1856; educ: at the Bedford School; passed B.A., 1879; M.A., 1883; joined service at Litham; m. Lucy Ann Threfall, 1883; appointed to the Bishopric of Bombay, 1903; took charge of this office, 1904; inaugurated the Bombay Diocesan Church and a training College for Indian Clergy at Poona; retired; Address: Bombay, India.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Pyne, Sir Thomas Salter

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​Pyne, Sir Thomas Salter, Kt., (1894), C.S.I. (1893); s. of John Pyne; b. 1860; came out to India as Engineer, 1883; became Engineer-in-Chief, Afghanistan, 1885; successfully carried out large undertaking, viz., manufacture of guns, small arms, cartridges, etc. was Master of Mint at Kabul; sent as Ambassador by H.M. Amir of Afghanistan, to Government of India; thanked by the Amir in Durbar; Assistant, Special Mission to Kabul, 1893. Club: St. Stephen and Badminton.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Queripel, Lt.-Colonel Alfred Ernest

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​Queripel, Lt.-Colonel Alfred Ernest, Indian Civil Veterinary Department (retired); joined Home service, 1870; arrived in India, 1877; present in Afghan War, 1879-80; served with Nile Expeditionary Force, 1884-85; Assistant Superintendent of horse-breeding operations, Babugarh, 1880-83; reverted to Home service, 1884; Station, Veterinary Hospital, Ambala, and Inspector, Army Veterinary School, Simla, 1891; Inspecting Veterinary Officer, 1893; Inspector-General, Civil Veterinary Department, 1895; retired, 1901. Publication: Essay on Stable Management and dietetic disease in India, and; a Manual of Materia Medica for Veterinary students. Address: c/o India Office, London.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Padhy, Damodar Ganesh

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​Padhy, Damodar Ganesh, M.A., Principal, Gokuldas Tejpal High School, Bombay; b. Poona, 1864; educ: High School, Akola, and the Elphinstone College, Bombay; passed B.A., 1885; M.A., 1887; Professor of History and Political Economy, Elphinstone College, 1891-92; Principal, Gokuldas Tejpal High School, Bombay, since 1894; Chairman, Hindu Union Club, Bombay; Secretary, Presidency Reform Association, Bombay; Secretary, Industrial Exhibition, Bombay; for some time Editor of “Indian Spectator and “Indo-Prakash”; elected Member, Bombay Corporation; Fellow, Bombay University; a great authority on Indian economics and politics. Address: Girgaum, Bombay, India.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Palanpur, Diwan of; H.H. Nawab Sir Sher Muhammad Khan Zorawur Khan

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​Palanpur, Diwan of; H.H. Nawab Sir Sher Muhammad Khan Zorawur Khan, G.C.I.E. (1898); b. 1852; succeeded to gaddi, 1877; claims descent from the Lohanis, better known as the Jhaloris; the British connection with the State began in 1809; the administration of the State remained under the control of a Political Superintendent till 1874; area, 1766 sq. miles; population, 200,000; revenue, 7 lakhs; interested in agricultural development, and education; brought a vast area of arable land under cultivation and by way of encouraging cultivators, made them advances at low rates of interest; dug a large number of wells; has two sons and the heir apparent, Taley Muhammad Khan, was born in 1885; A.D.C., to the Governor of Bombay; maintains a force of 161 horse, and 440 foot; entitled to a salute of 13 guns; pays a tribute of Rs. 38,460 to Gaekwar of Baroda. Address: Palanpur, Bombay Presidency, India.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Palin, Colonel Gilbert Walter

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​Palin, Colonel Gilbert Walter, C.I.E., (1911); C.B., (1914); Assistant Director of Supply and Transport, Poona; 2nd s. of late Lieutenant-General C. T. Palin of the Bombay Staff Corps; b. 1862; educ: Clifton College; m. Florence, e.d. of Colonel C. Swinhoe, 1889; 3 s. and one d.; joined the Army as 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Denbigh and Marioneth Rifles, 1880; joined the Indian Army, 1885; Commissariat Department, Bombay, 1886; Director, Army Clothing Department, 1906-10; rose to the rank of Colonel, 1911; Zhob Valley Expedition, 1884; Isazai Field Force, 1892; Saukim Force, Indian Brigade. 1896; won Queen’s Sudan medal, Khedive’s medal; Tirah Expedition, 1879-98; despatches, Indian medal; Director of Supply and Transport, Rawalpindi; Consultation and Manoeuvres for H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 1905; Director of Supply and Transport at the Coronation Durbar, 1911. Recreations: ​Tennis, Golf, Fishing, Rowing, and Shooting. Address: Poona, India
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/O’Dwyer, Hon’ble Sir Michael Francis

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​O’Dwyer, Hon’ble Sir Michael Francis, B.A., C.S.I., (1908); K.C.S.I., I.S.O., Lieutenant-Governor, Punjab; b. 1864; s. of John O’Dwyer of Barrowstown, Tipperary; educ: St. Stanislaus College, Tallamore, and Balliol College, Oxford; passed B.A., 1885; gained 1st class Honor in Law: joined service, 1885; Director of Land Records and Agriculture, Punjab, 1896; Settlement Officer, Alwar and Bharatpur States, 1897; Resident, Hyderabad (Deccan), 1909; Agent to Governor-General in Central India, 1910-12; Lieutenant-Governor, Punjab, 1913. Address: Government House, Lahore, India.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Pahasu, Newab of; Hon’ble Sir Mumtaz-ud-Daula Muhammad Faiyaz Ali Khan

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​Pahasu, Newab of; Hon’ble Sir Mumtaz-ud-Daula Muhammad Faiyaz Ali Khan. C.S.I. (1903); K.C.I.E. (1907); K.C.V.O. (1911); s. of late Nawab Sir Murad Faiz Ali Khan Bahadur, who was of considerable help to the British in the Mutiny of 1857 in return for which he was awarded a Khilat and a grant of land assessed at Rs. 4,000 and the personal title of Khan Bahadur; b. 1854; owns considerable landed property in the State of Jaipur as also in Aligarh and Bulandshahr; Member, Imperial Legislative Council, and Member (2nd term) of U.P., Legislative Council; proceeded to England for the Coronation of late Emperor Edward VII; Honorary Magistrate and Munsiff; Chairman, Board of Trustees, M.A.O. College, Aligarh; Trustee, Agra College; Trustee, the Lady Dufferin Fund; Senior Member, Jaipur State Council, Heir: Kunwar Muhammad Ikram Ali Khan; b. 1877. Address: Pahasu Khurja, Bulandshahr, U.P.; ‘The Palace’, Jaipur, Rajputana, India.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Paintepar and Bilahara

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# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Pal, Babu Bepin Chendra

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​Pal, Babu Bepin Chendra, Journalist, Calcutta; s. of late Babu Ramachendra Pal; b. Sylhet, 185S; came under the influence of late Keshub Chendra Sen, as a result of which he became a Brahmo; entered life as Headmaster of a High School in Cuttack; Headmaster, Arcot Narayanaswami Mudaliar’s High School, Bangalore; Librarian, City Library, Calcutta; m. the widowed niece of Babu Surendra Nath Banerjee of Calcutta; proceeded to Europe and visited England. France and America; toured in Southern India as a Missionary; took an active part in the Swadeshi movement and distinguished himself as a speaker of great force; was connected with the now defunct newspaper “The Bandematharam” of Calcutta; prosecuted for “Contempt of Court” and awarded 6 months’ simple imprisonment; again visited Southern India delivering political lectures; once more proceeded to England and stayed in London for a few years; returned to India and was arrested and prosecuted on a charge of sedition, found guilty and was awarded a month’s simple imprisonment in Bombay. Address: Calcutta, India.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/O’Donnell, Dr. Thomas Joseph

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​O’Donnell, Dr. Thomas Joseph, V.D., F.R.C.S.I,, L.C.P.I., Chief ​Medical Officer, Kolar Gold Fields, Champion Reefs; b. in Tipperary, Ireland; educ: Ledwich School, and the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin; practised at the Rhymney Iron Works, South Wales, and at Consett Iron Works, Durham; selected as Medical Officer of Messrs. John Taylor and Sons of Kolar Gold Fields, 1885; came out to India and joined his duties, same year; induced Messrs. John Taylor & Co. to start a small hospital with accommodation for 48 patients, which was opened in 1887; is chiefly responsible for the erection of the present up-to-date hospital which was completed in 1900: visited Ireland and took his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, 1900; is a Surgeon-Major in the K.G.F. Volunteers. Address: Champion Reefs, Kolar Gold-fields, Mysore Province, India.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Palmer, Frederick

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​Palmer, Frederick, C.I.E. (1907); s. of late George Palmerson; b. 1862; Engineer, East Indian Railway, 1884-1901; Chief Engineer, Calcutta Port Trust, 1901-09; Port of London Authority, 1909. Address: Modern Hill, Blackheath, S.E. Club: Oriental.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Paddison, George Frederick

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​Paddeson, George Frederick, M.A., Collector and District Magistrate; educ: Queen’s College, Oxford; entered service as Assistant Collector and Magistrate, 1898; Special Assistant Collector and Magistrate, 1899; Senior Assistant Collector and Magistrate, 1901; Special Settlement Officer for Godavari and Kistna, 1902; Special Settlement Officer for Ganjain, 1908; Temporary Deputy Secretary to Government, 1911; on special duty as Secretary and Member of the Forest Committee from 30th May to 31st December 1912; Sub-Collector and Joint Magistrate, 1913; acting Collector and District Magistrate, 1913. On furlough.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Banerji, Kumudwni Kanta

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​Banerji, Kumudwni Kanta, M.A., Rai Bahudur (1906): entered Education Department, 1877, Principal of the Rajshahi College, 1898: Fellow of the Calcutta University. Address: Rajshahi, Bengal.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Bannerman, Hon. William Burney

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​Bannerman, Hon. William Burney, M.D., D.Sc, C.S.I., Surgeon General, Madras; Born. 1858; joined service as surgeon (on probation), Netley, 1883: Deputy Surgeon-General, His Majesty's Forces, Secunderabad, 1884: Surgeon, 4th Regiment M.I. Pioneers, Secunderabad, 1885; In medical charge of No. 2 Bombay Mountain Battery and Civil Dispensery, Thall Chotiali, Baluchistan, 1886; same year was attached to 4th M.I., Pioneers, Trichinopoly; general duty, No. 20 Field, Upper Burma, Mandalay, 1886; general duty. Madras, 1889; in Medical charge, Left Wing, M.I., Berhampore, 1891; Inspector of Vaccination and Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Madras, 1893; promoted to Surgeon Major, 1895; Services temporarily placed at the disposal of Government of India, Home Dept, from 16th May 1898; reverted to Madras Service and was Superintendent of Plague Hospitals in Madras from 4th to 17th March 1899; on Plague duty with Dr. Haffkine, 20th March 1899; on duty, Plague Research Laboratory, 1st March 1899; Superintendent, Research Laboratory, 1900; promoted Lieutenant Colonel 1903; on special duty with the Surgeon-General, Bombay, 5th to 30th November 1909; Superintendent, the King Institute of Preventive Medicin, 1903; Superintendent, the King Institute, and Professor of Bacteriology, Madras Medical College, 1904; Director, Bombay Bacteriological Laboratory (change in designation), 1906; Brevet Colonel, 1911; reverted to Madras Service and appointed as Surgeon General with the Government of Madras, 1912; on Deputation in England from 2Sth September 1913; returned and resumed duties, November 1912. Address: Madras.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Banerji, Hon’ble Sir P. C.

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​Banerji, Hon’ble Sir P. C. B.A., B.L., Puisne Judge, High Court, Allahabad: District Munsiff, 1872, Sub-Judge, 1880; Small Cause Court Judge at Agra and Allahabad; Additional Civil Judge, Lucknow, 1883; Judge High Court, 1893; Knighted, 1913. Address: Allahabad.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Banganapalle, Nawab of; Nawab Saiyed Ghulam-i-Ali Khan Bahadur

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​Banganapalle, Nawab of; Nawab Saiyed Ghulam-i-Ali Khan Bahadur; Born, about 1877; Formally installed on the gaddi by His Excellency Sir Arthur Lawly, the then Governor of Madras, 19th December 1908. The State is within the Kurnool district of the Madras Presidency; has an area of 275 square miles; Population as per census of 1911, 39,356. The State is under the political ​supervision of the Collector of Kurnool. Address: Banganapalle, Kurnool Dt., Madras Presy, India.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Banerji, Sir Gooru Das

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​Banerji, Sir Gooru Das, M.A., D.L., ex-Judge of the High Court, Calcutta; belongs to a respectable Brahmin family of Calcutta; born, 1848; lost his father at an early age; brought up by his mother; educated in the Hare School and the Presidency College, Calcutta, taking B.A. degree in the latter, heading the list of successful candidates; M.A. 1865, winning the University gold medal in Mathematics; Lecturer in Mathematics, Presidency College, Calcutta; passed, B.L. at the top of the list, winning the University gold medal in Law, 1866; Honours in Law, 1876; D.L. 1877; Law Lecturer at the Berhampore College, 1886-1872: enrolled as Vakil of the High Court, 1866; Commenced practice in Mofussil Courts, 1866; joined High Court Bar, 1872; Tagore Law Lecturer, 1878; Fellow of the Calcutta University and Honorary Presidency Magistrate 1879; nominated to the Bengal Legislative Council 1887; Member, Calcutta Corporation, 1886; Acting Judge of the Calcutta High Court, 1888; President, Central Text-Book Committee, 1902; Vice-Chancellor, Calcutta University, 1880-1891; Member, Indian Universities Commission, 1902; retired, 1904. Knighted, 1904, Honorary Ph.D. (Calcutta) 1908. Publications: "A Few Thoughts on Education"; Hindu Law of Marriage and Stridhan; Note on Devanagiri alphabet; Elementary Geometry and several other educational works. Address: 28, Sasitala Read, Narikel Danga, Calcutta.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Bangera, Mangalore Mundappah

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​Bangera, Mangalore Mundappah. B.A., B.L., Dewan Bahadur, Retired District Judge, Mangalore: born. 1885; joined service as District Munsiff. Karakkal, 1885; Member of the Malabar Marriage Commission; Sub-Judge, 1904; appointed District and Sessions Judge, 1908; Retired, 1913; Chairman, Municipal Council, Mangalore. Address: Mangalore.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Banspati Singh. Raja of, Barah

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​Banspati Singh. Raja of, Barah; born, 1834: connected with the House of Rewa; belongs to the clan of Baghel Rajputs and claims descent from Baghesh Deo of Gujara; in the Mutiny of 1857, was of great service to the British in maintaining order and in escorting remittances of revenue; with a force of 1,000 men he proceeded to the pargana of Khairagah, against a formidable band of rebels then holding out there; in recognition of this valuable service, the title of Raja was conferred on him in 1858. The estate comprises 170 villages in Allahabad, paying revenue of Rs. 45,956. Address: Barah, Allahabad.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Bandaranaike, Sir Solomon Dias

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​Bandaranaike, Sir Solomon Dias, Kt., 1907; C.M.G., 1902: Maha Mudaliyar and J.P. for the Island of Ceylon, and Native A.D.C. to H.E. the Governor; b. 1862; s. of the late D.C.H. Dias Bandaranaike, J.P. for the Island. Mudaliyar of the Governor’s Gate, etc. etc., and g.s. of late Don Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, referred to in Sir Emerson Tenant’s History of Ceylon: m. Daily Ezline, e.d. of Hon. Mr. S. C. Obeyesekree, Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon, one s. two d. Educ.; St. Thomas’ Coll. Colombo. Is referred to in Cruise of H.M.S. Bacchante, 1886, in connection with the visit to Ceylon of T.R.H. Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales in 1882; created Mohandirum of the Governor’s Gate, and invested with the sword and belt of the office by H.R.H. the late Duke of Clarence, 1882; visited England 1895, 1897, and 1902; received Diamond Jubilee Gold Medal, 1897, having been sent as a delegate from Ceylon; presented with a gold medal by the inhabitants of Siyane Korle East, 1896, in recognition of services rendered to that district while administering its affairs as Mudaliyar: presented with a Gold Sword of Honour, 1901, by public subscription; acted as extra A.D.C. to Duke of York during the visit of Duke and Duchess to Ceylon. 1901; one ​of Ceylon's representatives at the Coronation; Coronation gold medal: Royal Order of Merit, Cambodia, 1907. Recreations: Riding, driving, shooting, horse-breeding, country life. Address: Horagolla, Yeyangoda, Ceylon.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Banerji, Albion Rajkumar

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​Banerji, Albion Rajkumar, M.A., I.C.S., C.I.E. Dewan of Cochin; born in England, 1871; Son of Babu Sasipada Banarji; educated at Calcutta and at Baliol College, Oxford; his mother was the first high caste Indian lady to visit England; joined I.C.S., 1895; Served in Madras Presidency as Assistant Collector and Head Assistant till 1904; Dewan of Cochin, May 1907; introduced several improvements into the State and increased its revenue from 32 to 43 lakhs per annum; C.I.E. 1911. Address: c/o India Office, London.
# The Homecoming of the Sheep

* "The Home-Coming of the Sheep" from The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge (1919)
* "The Homecoming of the Sheep" from A treasury of war poetry, British and American poems of the world war, 1914-1919 (1917)
# The Homes of England

* The Homes of England, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Volumes 21, 1827.
* The Homes of England, in Records of Woman: with Other Poems (Miscellaneous Pieces), 1828.
* The Homes of England, in Poems That Every Child Should Know, 1904.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Rodda, Srinivas Konhar

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​Rodda, Srinivas Konhar, Rao Bahadur, Dharwar; belongs to a family some of whose members were originally in the service of the Madras Government; b. 1850; educ: at the Deccan College, Poona; joined service in the educational department; rose to the position of Principal, Training College, Dharwar; served the department for over 35 years and retired; elected Member, Legislative Council, Bombay, 1909; re-elected, 1911. Publication: Translation of Marsden’s History of India. Address: Dharwar, Bombay Presidency, India.
# The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Robertson, Sir Benjamin

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​Robertson, Sir Benjamin, K.C.S.I. (1911); K.C.M.G. (1914) C.I.E. (1898); C.S.I. (1910); Chief Commsr., C.P. since 1912; b. Dunphail, Morayshire, 1864; e.s. of late B. Robertson of Dunphail, Morayshire; educ: Aberdeen University and Balliol College, Oxford; joined Indian Civil Service, 1885; arrived in India. 1885; Assistant Magistrate and Collector, Bombay, until 1890; Superintendent of Census, Central Provinces, 1890-92; Assistant Commissioner, 1892; Deputy Commissioner and Magistrate, Central Provinces, 1892-1902; Chief Secretary to Chief Commissioner ​C.P. 1902-6; President. Assam Labour Commission, 1906; Secretary, Government of India, Commerce Department, 1907: Member of Governor-General’s Council, 1910; proceeded on Special duty to South Africa, to represent the views of the Government of India on the question of Indians in South Africa, 1914: LL.D. (Aberdeen); m. Charlotte, d. of W. Young, 1893. Address: Nagpur, C.P. Club: East India United Service.