Books online containing strong Biographical Interest
This page to be regarded work in progress….. designed to provide a quick search into some standard “first stop” sources for biographical information.
General content
- East India Registers and other directories This is an internal link to lists of available online searchable directories.
- Also a collective search of the above directories available in full view at googlebooks can be made via the Fibis Library
- Dictionary of Indian Biography by C E Buckland archive.org See review in Biographies Reading List
Civil Service
See also : Indian Civil Service for further information and titles.
- Alphabetical List of the honourable East India Company’s Bengal Civil Servants from the year 1730 to the year 1738 by Dodwell & Miles googlebooks.com
- Memorials of Old Haileybury College archive.org. Contains histories of service of Writers.
Army
East India Company Army
British Army
- Fibiwiki page linking to Hart’s Army lists in full view covering years 1861-1869 inclusive. Also refer toMilitary Reading List for background to these annual publications
Cemetery Inscriptions
See also Cemeteries for further information and links