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Subject: [SRILANKA] 2nd half of Tropical Agriculturalist report
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:36:08 +0100 (GMT+01:00)


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Roz

Series 2:

2/1. Vol 16, No 8, 1 Feb 1897, pp 513-515:
Alexander Campbell WHITE Esq. Planter & Merchant. [b.1816, Scotland]

2/2. Vol 16, No 9, 1 Mar 1897, pp 587-591:
Lieut Colonel Henry C BYRDE. Planter & Merchant in Ceylon, &
afterwards Deputy Lieutenant & JP for Co Monmouth; Chairman of
Pontypool Petty Sessional Division, & Honorary Colonel of 4th Vol.
Battalion South Wales Borderers. [born BIRD, son of Colonel Henry C
Bird of 16th Regt, who became Commandant of Kandy, & nephew of Mr
George Bird]

2/3. Vol 16, No 10, 1 Apr 1897, pp 661-663:
George Smyttan DUFF. Banker & Pioneer Proprietary Planter. [b.abt 1818
in North of Scotland]

2/4. Vol 16, No 11, 1 May 1897, pp 735-738:
John BROWN. Engineer & Planter. [b.1826, Aberdeenshire, d. 1894]

2/5. Vol 16, No 12, 1 Jun 1897, pp 817-821:
John TYNDALL. Pioneer Planter, voyager & explorer; also as Jack
Tyndall – Humorist & Raconteur. [Arrived Ceylon 1845]

2/6. Vol 17, No 1, 1 Jul 1897, pp 1-4:
Samuel BUTLER. Planter & Merchant, 1837-1893. One of the founders of
the well-known firm of Messrs Darley, Butler & Co of Colombo.. [b.
1815]
And addendum, with no portrait, for:
Edward J DARLEY, Merchant. [He came to Colombo in 1836, & died in East
Sheen, Surrey, in 1869]

2/7. Vol 17, No 2, 2 Aug 1897, pp 75-80:
Reginald Beauchamp DOWNALL, Planter & MLC, 1863-1888. [Arrived Ceylon
1863, d.1888]

2/8. Vol 17,No 3, 1 Sep 1897, pp 149-140:
Alexander HARPER, JP. Planter & Merchant, 1849-1889. [b.
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, & arrived in Ceylon 1849]

2/9. Vol 17, No 4, 1 Oct 1897, pp 223-229:
Mr W MARTIN LEAKE. Engineer, Planter & Merchant 1859-1873. [b.1831,
London. Also Known as LEAKE.]

2/10. Vol 17, no 5, 1 Nov 1897, pp 297-302:
William WALKER. Merchant & Engineer 1854-1891. [b.1824, Perthshire,
Scotland. This account is condensed from a brief biography written by
his son, Edmund Walker. Brother of John Walker (see 1/7).]

2/11. Vol 17, No 6, 1 Dec 1897, pp 371-374:
Charles SHAND. Planter & Merchant 1842-1890. [b.1819 in Liverpool, of
Scots parents]

2/12. Vol 17, No 8, 1 Feb 1898, pp 511-514:
Sir John J GRINLINTON, Kt. Soldier, Engineer, Surveyor, Merchant,
Company Director, MLC & MMC &c in Ceylon, 1857-1898. [b.1829, a son of
the late Mr Thomas Grinlinton of Portarlington (Co Laois, Ireland?);
educated in Liverpool]

2/13. Vol 17, No 10, 1 Apr 1898, pp 661-664:
Charles S HADDEN & Frederick J HADDEN. Pioneers & Proprietors from
1840 onwards. [They were cousins. Charles was b.1819. They were
related to Mr Alex Brooke, managing partner of the Fenchurch Street
(London) firm of Messrs James A Hadden & Co.]

Series 3:

3/1. Vol 18, No 3, 1 Sep 1898, pp 147-152:
Francis Richard SABONADIÈRE and William Augustus SABONADIÈRE.
Planters & Merchants 1839-1891 [FSS] & 1845-1896 [WAS]. [Brothers from
a Huguenot Family. FSS b.1823 & WAS b.1829, sons of the Rev C C A M L
J A Sabonadière, ordained in the Church of England & “Pasteur in the
reformed church of France, resident in the town of Meaux in the
Department of Seine & Marne”.]

3/2. Vol 18, No 4, 1 Oct 1898, pp 229-231 [& no portrait]:
Captain John Keith JOLLY. First Chairman of the Planters’ Association
of Ceylon; Proprietary Planter 1843-1865. [b.1807]

3/3. Vol 18, No 5, 1 Nov 1898, pp 303-307:
William Bowden SMITH. Planter, Visiting Agent & merchant, MSC, JP,
1858-1897. [b.1839, Hampshire, England]

3/4. Vol 18, No 6, 1 Dec 1898, pp 377-381:
Thomas WOOD. Planter Pioneer in Uva for many years, 1847-1880; Manager
of the richest coffee plantation in Ceylon. [b.Edinburgh]

3/5. Vol 18, No 8, 1 Feb 1899, pp 523-525:
Charles TOTTENHAM. Civil Engineer, Surveyor & Planter, 1859-1899.
[Arrived in Ceylon 1859]

3/6. Vol 18, No 10, 1 Apr 1899, pp 671-673:
John STEPHENS. Cinnamon, Coconut, Coffee & Tea Planter. [b.1816,
England]

3/7. Vol 18, No 12, 1 Jun 1899, pp 819-822:
John CAPPER. Merchant, Planter, Journalist, 1837-1886. [b.1814,
England, d.1898]

3/8. Vol 19, No 2, 1 Aug 1899, pp 75-81:
W B LAMONT. Coffee, Coconut, Cinnamon, Cacao & Tea Planter, 1841-
1899. [b. 1818, Scotland]

3/9. Vol 19, No 4, 1 Oct 1899, pp 223-226:
R E LEWIS. Merchant, Planter & Editor, 1841-1870. [b.1817. Edited the
Examiner]

3/10. Vol 19, No 8, 1 Feb 1900, pp 509-515:
The late Sir James D ELPHINSTONE, Bart [no portrait], & Sir Graeme H D
ELPHINSTONE, Bart [portrait supplied].

3/11. Vol 19, No 11, 1 May 1900, pp 723-730:
Arthur SINCLAIR, FLS, FRCI. Planter & Visiting Agent in Ceylon. The
story of his Life & Times as told by himself. [b.1832, Aberdeenshire,
Scotland]

3/12. Vol 20, No 1, 2 Jul 1900, pp 1-6:
The late Henry TRIMEN, FRS, FLS, MB, etc. [b.1843, Paddington,
London, d.1896. Botanist]

3/13. Vol 20, No 3, 1 Sep 1900, pp 149-152:
Thomas DRANE, CE. The first engineer who surveyed & designed a line
for a locomotive railway between Colombo & Kandy. [b.1818, Middlesex,
England]

Read to end of Vol 20. No more entries.
Vol 21, Jul 1901-Jun 1902 – nil entries.
Vol 22, Jul 1902-Jun 1903 – nil entries

Series 4:

4/1. Vol 23, No 3, 1 Sep 1903, pp 147-150:
James & George STEUART: Ship Commanders & Merchants; and the firmer,
Master Attendant of Colombo, 1817-1863. [Brothers]

4/2. Vol 23, No 4, 1 Oct 1903, pp 223-224:
William Henry WRIGHT; Coffee & Coconut Planter & successful
Horticulturist & Floriculturist, 1840-1903. [b.Colombo 19 Oct 1821 &
educated at the Orphan Asylum]

4/3. Vol 23, No 5, 2 Nov 1903, pp 297-301:
Alexander Cushny MORTIMER: Coffee Planter, 1846-1866. [born Old
Rayne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland about 1821, arrived Ceylon 1846, died
Southampton, England, 3 May 1866]

Nil in rest of Vol 23. J Ferguson retired Feb 1905.

4/4. Vol 24, No 1, 1 Jul 1904, pp 1-2:
His Excellency Sir Henry [Arthur] BLAKE, GCMG, Governor of Ceylon.
[Born in 1840, son of Peter Blake Esq of the Irish Constabulary.
Educated at Kilkenny Academy & at Santry College. In 1859 entered
Royal Irish Constabulary, appointed a Resident Magistrate in 1876, &
Governor of the Bahamas in 1884. Appointed Governor of Ceylon in 1903]

4/5. Vol 24, No 3, 1 Sep 1904, pp 141-142:
The Hon John FERGUSON, CMG: Member of the Legislative Council of
Ceylon. [Editor of the Tropical Agriculturalist. This account appeared
while he was away from Ceylon for a year. Born in Ross-shire in Dec
1842.]

J Ferguson retired Feb 1905. No further monographs were printed.






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