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**''Alphabetical List of the Honourable East India Company’s Bombay Civil Servants, from 1798, to 1839 ...'' Edward Dodwell and James Samuel Miles 1839
**A similar listing for Bengal is available online , together with a later listing for Madras and Bombay, refer below.
*[httphttps://wwwdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2abrowse/records.aspx?cat=059r/h/6b309d8d-ab30-iorv_1&cid=140d1-6#1b9d6-6 79a8464ffb9e India Office Serials '''IOR/V/6'''] 1768-1948 This series comprises serials published or printed by, or on behalf of, the East India Company and the India Office. The serials include ''Lists of the Company's Servants'' 1768-1799, the ''East India Register and Directory'' (later ''India List'') 1803-1895, the ''India Office List'' 1886-1947 and the ''India Office Establishment'' 1884-1948. Some are available online, refer '''[[Directories online]]''', including the section '''[[Directories online#India List and India Office List|India List and India Office List]]'''. These Lists usually provide short records of service, providing the date of appointment, promotions and qualifications for individuals. *[httphttps://wwwdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2adetails/r/records.aspx?cat=05956e0e03f-6565-iorv_5&cid=142aa-1#1ba09-1 b9bb7b324eaf Histories of Services '''IOR/V/12'''] 1875-1955. This series includes records of service for overseas Indian Civil Service personnel and for other civil servants of gazetted rank. For editions available online also see the previously mentioned [[Directories online#India List and India Office List|India List and India Office List]].*[httphttps://wwwdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2abrowse/records.aspx?cat=059r/h/052f9695-4f4f-iorv_5&cid=149b0-2#1b65e-2 2d52a6469cba Civil Lists '''IOR/V/13'''] 1840-1958. This series includes all the issues of civil lists of the Government of India and of the provincial governments. Coverage is usually restricted to gazetted officers in the main series of lists, but there are a few supplementary lists of subordinate services and also some fuller departmental establishment lists which include non-gazetted appointments, in particular the Telegraph, Indo-European Telegraph, Public Works and Railways departments. For editions available online also see the previously mentioned [[Directories online#India List and India Office List|India List and India Office List]]. *Occasionally a person may have been thought to be part of the Indian Civil Service, including the Indian Political Service, but was in fact "attached", belonging still to the Army, in which case the ''Indian Army List''s may provide information. For editions online, see [[Directories online#Army Lists|Directories online - Army Lists]] including the separate page [[Indian Army List online]].*Another source of information in the India Office Records at the British Library include [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/be7a2de3-ffce-4b2c-b9c9-9d0f425fae92 Government Gazettes '''IOR/V/11'''] 1831-1947.:The Government Gazettes were the official newspapers of the Government of India and its provincial governments. The series held are: ''Gazettes of India'' 1865-1947, ''Calcutta'' 1832-1947, ''Assam'' 1874-1947, ''Bihar and Orissa'' 1912-1947, ''United Provinces'', 1850-1947, ''Fort St George'' 1832-1947, ''Bombay 1831-1947'', ''Punjab'' 1872-1947, ''North-West Frontier Province'' 1932-1947, ''Central Provinces'' 1875-1947, ''Coorg 1885-1947'', ''Sind'' 1869-1947, ''Burma'' 1875-1947. Summaries of the contents of each series are to be found in the handlists in the Reading Room of the British Library.:Some issues of the ''Gazette of India'' and the ''Calcutta Gazette'' are available online, refer [[Newspapers and journals online]].
===Uncovenanted service===
===Historical books online===
====Lists====
'''Also see [[Directories online]]''', particularly the category [[Directories online#India List and India Office List| '''India List and India Office List''']]. The category [[Directories online#Army Lists| Army Lists]] including the separate page [[Indian Army List online]] may in some circumstances be relevant.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=lgIRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP13 ''Alphabetical list of the honourable East India Company's Bengal civil servants, from the year 1780, to the year 1838 etc''] by Edward Dodwell, James Samuel Miles (1839) Google Books. Use two page option to view.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=I5cxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 ''A General Register of the Hon'ble East India Company's Civil Servants of the Bengal Establishment from 1790 to 1842 ... To which is Added a List of the Governors General of India''] by Rāmachandra Dāsa, Henry Thoby Prinsep 1844 Google Books. The Alphabetical List commences [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=I5cxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 here]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=R24BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''How I won the Victoria Cross''] by Thomas Henry Kavanagh, Assistant Commissioner in Oudh, 1860 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=onEBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Personal Adventures during the Indian Rebellion in Rohilcund, Futtehghur, and Oude''] by William Edwards, Judge of Benares, and late Magistrate and Collector of Budaon in Rohilcund. 1858 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/b28709561/page/n9/mode/2up ''An episode of the rebellion and mutiny in Oudh of 1857 and 1858 ...''] by George Yeoward late Head Clerk of Gondah in the Province of Oudh 1876 Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9HkOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Anecdotes and Reminiscences of Service in Bengal''] [by A. L. M. Phillips (Alfred Lisle March Phillips) 1878] Google Books. He arrived in India in 1846 and retired 1873. At the commencement of the Indian Mutiny, he was Magistrate and Collector of the [[Etah]] district, and his paths crossed with the author William Edwards (previous book) who was his cousin. Subsequently he was Magistrate and Collector of [[Agra]] and its district June 1857 to March 1863, then Civil and Criminal Judge of [[Aligarh|Allyghur]], then Judge at [[Gorakhpur|Goruckpore]], close to the Himalayas.
*[https://archive.org/details/personaladventur00thor ''The Personal Adventures and Experiences of a Magistrate During the Rise, Progress, and Suppression of the Indian Mutiny''] by Mark Thornhill 1884 Archive.org. Also available as a current reprint by Cambridge University Press [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7ihP7E49bDYC&pg=PP1 Preview Google Books].
:[http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2014/03/our-hero-is-a-sportsman-british-domestic-interiors-in-19th-century-india.html "‘Our hero is a sportsman’: British domestic interiors in 19th century India"] British Library blog “Untold Lives” 05 March 2014. Includes three images by William Tayler from his 1842 publication ''Sketches Illustrating the Manners & Customs of the Indians and Anglo-Indians'', one of which "The Young Lady's Toilet" is also available from [http://blogs.bl.uk/.a/6a00d8341c464853ef01b8d2ac7fe2970c-pi another BL blog]
:[https://www.wdl.org/en/search/?contributors=Tayler%2C%20William%2C%201808-1892 18 watercolours by William Tayler] Brown University Library on World Digital Library.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6wbmMHtf-FwC&pg=PP11 ''Memorials of Service in India: from the correspondence of the late Major Samuel Charters Macpherson Political Agent at Gwalior during the Mutiny, and formerly employed in the suppression of human sacrifices in Orissa'']1865.1865 Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/memorialsofservi00macprich Archive.org] (has better maps) He initially joined the Madras Army in 1827. In 1831 he was appointed assistant surveyor-general and was engaged in both military and survey work. In 1841 he was appointed as Assistant to the Agent at Ganjam, Political Agent at Bhopal in 1853, and Political Agent at Gwalior in 1854.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reynelltaylorcbc00gamb#page/n9/mode/2up ''Reynell Taylor, C.B., C.S.I. a biography''] by E. Gambier Parry 1888 Archive.org. The subject joined the Bengal Army in 1840 , serving as a Cavalry Officer until c 1846. He subsequently served as Commissioner in various areas in the North West until his retirement in 1877.
*[http://archive.org/stream/memoriesofrugbyi00arburich#page/n9/mode/2up ''Memories of Rugby and India'']
by Sir Alexander J. Arbuthnot 1910 Archive.org. The author was in the Madras Civil Service from 1842 for thirty years.
* ''Life of Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Andrew Clarke, Colonel-Commandant of Royal Engineers'' edited by Col. RH Vetch 1905 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/lifeoflieutgener00vetc/page/n239 "Member of Council of the Viceroy of India 1875-1880"] pages 193-221. He was head of the Indian Public Works Administration.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1128/page/n1/mode/2up ''Autobiography and Reminiscences of Sir Douglas Forsyth''] edited by his daughter Ethel Forsyth 1887. Archive.org, mirror from PAHAR. Born 1827, he went to India in 1848 to the Civil Service, having passed top of the class at the East India College at Haileybury. During his career he was involved in the Indian Mutiny, was Commissioner in the Punjab from 1860, [he was in this role at Jullundur and Umballa], was involved with the Kooka Outbreak of 1872, headed diplomatic missions to Kashgar in 1873 and Mandalay in 1875. In 1877 he resigned from the Civil Service and became involved with Indian Railway companies, and a company building a harbour and railway in Portuguese India. He died 1886.
*[https://archive.org/details/servantofjohncom00keen ''A Servant of "John Company"; being the Recollections of an Indian Official''] by Henry George Keene 1897 Archive.org. Born 1825, he was in North West India 1847-1882 when he was obliged to retire, having served for thirty five years.
:[https://archive.org/details/heretherememorie00keenrich ''Here and There: Memories, Indian and Other''] by H G Keene 1906 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/forwardpolicyit00bruc ''The Forward Policy and its Results; or, Thirty-five Years' Work amongst the Tribes on our North-Western Frontier of India''] by Richard Isaac Bruce, formerly Political Agent, Beluchistan, and late Commissioner and Superintendent Derajat Division, Punjab, India. 1900 Archive.org. The author arrived in India in 1862 and retired 1896. The Forward Policy was initiated by Sandeman, refer book above.
*[https://archive.org/details/leavesfromdiaryi00clay ''Leaves from a Diary in Lower Bengal''] by C. S. [Arthur Lloyd Clay] 1896 Archive.org. With illustrations. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000005A67E British Library Digital Collection] with rotatable images. He joined the Bengal Civil Service 1862 and the diary covers the years to 1870. He retired 1890.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-FjmQ4xTgkQC&pg=PA59 Page 59] ''Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge'' edited by John Venn Google Books</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/flyonwheelorhowi00lewiiala/page/n7/mode/2up ''A fly on the wheel; or, How I helped to govern India''] by Lieut.-Col. Thomas H Lewin 1912. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6879/page/n1/mode/2up 1885 edition] with illustrations. Archive.org. He arrived in India 1857, was an officer in the Army, with the Police from 1861. In 1866 he was appointed to officiate as Superintendent of Hill Tribes in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, then permanently appointed Deputy Commissioner and Political Agent of the Hill Tracts of Chittagong. He was also appointed as a Captain in the Bengal Staff Corps, so he appears to have been "attached" as a Political Agent.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.169320/page/n6 ''Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham, K.C.I.E.''] by Margaret M. Verney 1923 Archive.org. Born 1832, he went to India in 1866 as Government Advocate and Legal Advisor to the Punjab, based at Lahore. He became Advocate-General of Madras Presidency 1872 and judge of the Calcutta High Court 1877-1887. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._S._Cunningham H. S. Cunningham] Wikipedia.
:He was the author of the novel ''Chronicles of Dustypore; a tale of modern Anglo-Indian society'' [by H S Cunningham] 1875 [https://archive.org/details/chroniclesofdust01cunn/page/n7 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/chroniclesofdust02cunn/page/n8 Volume II] Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.169320/page/n89 Review of ''Chronicles of Dustypore''] page 73 of Verney's biography.
*[https://archive.org/stream/andthatremindsme00coxo#page/120/mode/2up ''And that reminds me
being incidents of a life spent at sea, and in the Andaman Islands, Burma, Australia, and India''] Part III India (page 123)
by Stanley W. Coxon 1915 Archive.org. The author, probably born c late 1850s commenced with the Civil Service in India in 1892, having previously been with the Police in [[Burma]]. He was appointed as Deputy Commissioner at [[Chanda]], the most southerly District of Central Provinces, part of the Nagpur Division [https://archive.org/stream/andthatremindsme00coxo#page/154/mode/2up page 154] He retired on medical grounds in 1906.
*[https://archive.org/details/ignorantinindia00vernrich ''An Ignorant in India''] by R E Venede 1911 Archive.org The author was visiting his brother<ref>[https://archive.org/details/letterstohiswife00vernrich/page/n14/mode/1up Page ix] ''Letters to his Wife'' by R E Vernède 1917 Archive.org</ref> who was a Collector in an indigo region in Bengal.
*[https://archive.org/details/frompunjaubpome00dyso/page/n7/mode/2up ''From a Punjaub Pomegranate Grove''] by C C Dyson 1913. Archive.org. The author was possibly the wife of Bob, an Assistant Revenue Collector, and Magistrate, at Hariana, in the "Punjaub irrigation colonies". (Page 68 refers to the author as "the lady of our English Sahib", which generally refers to a wife, however she appears to be middle-aged and perhaps an Assistant Revenue Collector is more likely to be a younger man, so for Bob to be a son or younger brother would suit the narrative better. Details of the author could not be traced.) Republished in 1985 and 1993 under the title ''Fragments from Indian Life''. From the contents, the approximate period covered is 1908-1912, however the narrative may not be strictly chronological. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hariana Hariana] Wikipedia.
* ''Diversions of an Indian Political'' by Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Lloyd Kennion 1932. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.276384 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Experiences of a political officer in Northern India from 1892. He also wrote [https://archive.org/details/cu31924012420240 ''Sport and Life in the Further Himalaya''] 1910, serving in Kashmir, Gilgit and Leh, and a further book on [[Iran|Eastern Persia]].
* ''Jungle Trails in Northern India: Reminiscences of Hunting in India'' by John Hewett. With 24 plates and a map 1938. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209125 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Sir John was Governor of United Provinces with many royal friends. Hunting largely between 1907 and 1912, including tiger hunting in the jungles of Tarai, Cooch Behar, the Central Provinces, and up north in Kumaon and Garhwal. The author joined the Indian Civil Service c 1877 when he was posted to the North-Western Provinces.
*[https://archive.org/details/letterstonobody00wilsiala/page/n7 ''Letters to Nobody, 1908-1913''] by the Rt. Hon. Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson 1921. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8921/page/n4/mode/2up 2nd file, with images correctly rotated]. Archive.org. He came to India in 1908 as Finance Minister. ([https://archive.org/details/cu31924028345993/page/n9 ''Letters to Somebody; a Retrospect''] by the Rt. Hon. Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson 1922 Archive.org. Contains minimal comments about India, including his appointment pages 82-83.)
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1973-macartney-at-kashgar-by-skrine-s-pdf/ ''Macartney at Kashgar: New Light on British, Chinese and Russian Activities in Sinkiang, 1890-1918''] by C.P. Skrine and Pamela Nightingale. 1973. Link to a pdf download PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
:Macartney’s wife Catherine wrote of her time at Kashgar in [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1951-an-english-lady-in-chinese-turkestan-by-lady-macartney-s-pdf/ ''An English Lady in Chinese Turkestan''] first published 1931. Link to a pdf download PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2943/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
:A later biography is ''The Diplomat of Kashgar: A Very Special Agent. The Life of Sir George Macartney, 18 January 1867-19 May 1945'' by James McCarthy.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210403 ''Chinese Central Asia''] by C P Skrine. Indian Civil Service, British Consul General in Chinese Turkistan 1922-1924. First published 1926 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.210403/2015.210403.Chinese-Central#page/n401/mode/2up Index].[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001872231 HathiTrust Digital Library version] where images are rotatable. The Consulate was at Kashgar.
*[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100037450601.0x000002 ''Thim Days Is Gone'']. British Library Mss Eur F226/28 Qatar Digital Library. A memoir written c 1980 by Major Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy recounting his career, initially in the Royal Artillery in a Light Battery,and an Indian Mountain Battery in the 1930s. He then joined the Foreign and Political Department in October 1936, [http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100037450601.0x000040 page 33] and his postings included the Persian Gulf and Kuwait. Further details are in [http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2017/02/thim-days-is-gone-a-colonial-memoir.html Thim Days Is Gone – a colonial memoir] 16 February 2017 Untold lives blog, British Library.
*''The Men Who Ruled India'', published in two volumes, by Philip Woodruff (pseudonym): ''The Founders'' (1953), [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126942 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India; and ''The Guardians'', (1954) [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127070 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. The author was Philip Mason who joined the Indian Civil Service in 1928, and his books are about members of the Indian Civil Service.
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1978-a-shaft-of-sunlight-memories-of-a-varied-life-by-mason-s-pdf/ ''A Shaft of Sunlight–Memories of a Varied Life''] by Philip Mason 1978. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download does not display, located under Books/Indian Subcontinent. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3511/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]. [https://archive.org/details/shaftofsunlightm0000maso Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library version]. [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/philip-mason/a-shaft-of-sunlight-memories-of-a-varied-life/ Review of the book] kirkusreviews.com.
:[https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/feb/03/guardianobituaries1 "Philip Mason obituary: Last witness to the Raj"] by Hugh Tinker 2 Feb 1999. ''The Guardian''
:Listen to the [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/collection/philip-mason/ 1978 interview Philip Mason, with transcripts]. He talks of his training for the ICS, his work as a court official and map surveyor, and of his life as an author.
*[https://archive.org/details/youngmanscountry0000smit/page/n7 ''A Young Man's Country : letters of a subdivisional officer of the Indian Civil Service 1936-1937''] by W. H. Saumarez Smith 1977. Archive.org Lending Library. The author was in the Indian Civil Service 1934-1947. The letters were written when he was at Madaripur, in the district of [[Faridpur]], in East Bengal (now Bangladesh).
*[http://apnaorg.com/books/english/reminiscences-discreet-indiscreet/book.php?fldr=book ''Reminiscences, Discreet and Indiscreet''] by T. N. Kaul (Triloki Nath), 1982. Website of "Academy of the Punjab in North America". An Indian, he joined the Indian Civil Service in 1937.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1978-peacocks-calling-one-mans-experience-of-india-1939-1947-by-cowley-s-pdf/ ''Peacocks Calling: one man’s experience of India. 1939-1947''] by Bill [William] Cowley, 1978. Published in India 1977? Pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3522 Archive.org mirror version]. [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/papers/item/cowley-papers/ Description of the contents of the book] based on papers at the Centre of South Asian Studies. s-asian.cam.ac.uk. Appointed to the ICS 1939 and became a Magistrate in the Punjab with promotions to lst class Magistrate. Became involved with the Boy Scouts and took over administration of Youth Movement and Boy Scouts.
*[https://archive.org/details/enchantedfrontie0000rust/page/n7 ''Enchanted Frontiers: Sikkim, Bhutan, and India's Northeastern Borderlands''] by Nari Rustomji 1971. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. An Indian born c 1918, he was educated in England, and returned, appointed to the ICS, in 1942.
*[https://archive.org/details/travelerstalemem0000cand/page/n9 ''A Traveler's Tale : Memories of India''] by Enid Saunders Candlin 1974. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. The author’s husband was a metallurgist/chemical engineer who worked for the Inspectorate of Armaments in ordnance factories at [[Ishapore]] and Ambernath (Bombay Presidency) 1941-46, having been transferred from [[Hong Kong]].
*[https://archive.org/details/racesexclassunde0000ball ''Race, sex, and class under the Raj : imperial attitudes and policies and their critics, 1793-1905''] by Kenneth Ballhatchet 1980. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
====Administrative====
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=cxtYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Manual of Rules and Regulations compiled for the use of Junior Members of the Madras Civil Service. Brought up to 31st January 1870''] by William Donald. Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=VZx2GfRa3U4C&pg=PP5 ''Civil Service of India. The Selection and Training of Candidates for the Indian Civil Service''] Presented to both Houses of Parliament. HMSO 1876. Google Books.
*''The Indian Civil Service and the Competitive System'' by Alfred Cotterell Tupp, Bengal Civil Service 1876. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZPnnTWeUg8UC&pg=PP7 Google Books version]. [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.78634/page/n5/mode/2up Archive.org] Asiatic Society of Mumbai Granth Sanjeevani Collection.*[https://archive.org/details/civilserviceind00commgoog/page/n3/mode/2up ''Civil Service Commission. Civil Service of India. Examination Papers set at the Open Competition...June and July 1878''. Followed by ''1879'' and ''1880.'']. Printed under the superintendence of Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1878. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548358/page/n3 ''Financial Handbook Vol-II. Issued by Authority of the Government of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh''] by E. A. H. Blunt. Corrected up to the 1st April 1925. Archive.org. Includes various definitions relating to pay and leave etc
