Orphans

It should be noted that the word orphan had a wider meaning than currently applies, and included children who had lost their father, but whose mother was still alive.

Bengal Presidency

Calcutta

Upper Orphan School

• Maureen Evers, "Four Orphan Schools in Calcutta and the Lawrence Military Asylum Sanawar, Part 1: History," FIBIS Journal No 22 (Autumn 2009), pages 1-14. "Part II: parents, conditions, prospects" FIBIS Journal No 23 (Spring 2010), pages 5-14. For details of how to access these articles, see FIBIS Journals.
• Etching of Kidderpore House in 1794 from the British Library's Online Gallery
• Photographic print of Kidderpore House in 1851 from the British Library's Online Gallery
• Bengal Upper Orphan School 1820-1857 FIBIS.org . Alphabetical List of Orphaned Children of Officers of the Bengal Army, 1820-1857. The data include Dates of Birth, Dates of Admission to and Discharge from the Asylum, Name of father, etc. These were orphans who had returned to Britain and whose guardians had received payment there from the Bengal Military Orphan Society. They were no longer physically in an Asylum, so the date of discharge from the Asylum is rather the date of discharge from the Society, when benefits were finalised..
• An advertisemnt for a teacher at the Upper Orphan School in 1789 may be seen at Calcutta schools c late 1700-Advertisements for teachers

Lower Orphan School

• Maureen Evers, "Four Orphan Schools in Calcutta and the Lawrence Military Asylum Sanawar, Part 1: History," FIBIS Journal No 22 (Autumn 2009), pages 1-14. "Part II: parents, conditions, prospects" FIBIS Journal No 23 (Spring 2010), pages 5-14. For details of how to access these articles, see FIBIS Journals.
• Etching of the Lower Orphan School at Howrah in 1794 from the British Library's Online Gallery
• This India List post advises that c 1790 needlework samplers of a very high standard were worked under the instruction of Mistress Parker, at the Orphan School near Calcutta, most likely the L.O.S.. A number of these samplers are in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Free School

• Maureen Evers, "Four Orphan Schools in Calcutta and the Lawrence Military Asylum Sanawar, Part 1: History," FIBIS Journal No 22 (Autumn 2009), pages 1-14. "Part II: parents, conditions, prospects" FIBIS Journal No 23 (Spring 2010), pages 5-14. For details of how to access these articles, see FIBIS Journals.

European Female Orphan Asylum

• Maureen Evers, "Four Orphan Schools in Calcutta and the Lawrence Military Asylum Sanawar, Part 1: History," FIBIS Journal No 22 (Autumn 2009), pages 1-14. "Part II: parents, conditions, prospects" FIBIS Journal No 23 (Spring 2010), pages 5-14. For details of how to access these articles, see FIBIS Journals.

Lawrence Military Asylum, Sanawar

See Lawrence Military Asylum

Madras Presidency

Madras city

See Orphan Schools in Madras.

Lawrence Asylum, Lovedale, near Ootacamund

See Lawrence Military Asylum

Bombay Presidency

Bombay

The Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor, Within the Government of Bombay, known as the Bombay Education Society was established in 1815. It ran schools for boys and girls, known as the Central Schools.

• Establishment in 1815 Google Books
• November 1816 First Annual report Google Books
• A Military Asylum (Fund?) was established in 1820 to which soldiers and noncommissioned officers subscribed, which provided for the admittance of orphans to the schools, which were later at Bycullah. Google Books
• 1824 Military Regulations Google Books. Subscribers to the Military Asylum could be both officers and soldiers.
• Government Allowances were paid for military children when a boarder at the Central Schools of the Bombay Education Society Google Books 1824
• Foundation stones for the Schools at Bycullah were laid in May 1825 Google Books
• The Schools were opened at Bycullah in 1826 Google Books
• 1829 Google Books
• Twenty Fourth Annual Report 1839 Google Books
• Twenty Fifth Annual Report 1840 Google Books History page 7 in the 1840 report.
• Situation c 1853 Google Books
• Situation c 1857 Google Books
• Letters to the editor of a Bombay Newspaper 1859 Google Books
• Removal of the Military Asylum to Poona was considered in this 1864 Report Google Books
• With the foundation of the Bombay Volunteer Rifles in 1877, a Cadet Unit was established at the school, refer First Annual Report Of The Bombay Volunteer Rifles For Season 1877-78, page 36 Archive.org
• Times of India Calendar & Directory for 1888 page 441, transcribed by Sylvia Murphy in this India List link. Note that only one orphan belonged to the Military Asylum, funded by the Government.
• David King’s webpage states that in the early 1920’s a decision was made to move the Boarding part of the Schools away from Bombay to the cooler and healthier Deccan Plateau. In 1925 Barnes High School, named after the Venerable Archdeacon George Barnes, founder of the Bombay Education Society, was opened at Devlali. Much of the School land at Bycullah was sold . Christ Church School, Bycullah, with the parish church there, stand on part of the land given originally to the B.E.S. More details are in David King’s webpage about Barnes High School, Devlali.