Commissioner, 1899–1902 : Home Secretary to the Government of India, 1902 : C.I.E., 1892 : C.S.I. , 1904 : author of Primitive Marriage in Bengal, Widow and Infant Marriage, Tribes and Castes of Bengal, Anthropometric India, etc. : wrote the Preface to the Sikhim Gazetteer, 1892.
RITCHIE, RICHMOND THACKERAY WILLOUGHBY (1854–)
Son of William Ritchie (q.v.) : Advocate-General of Bengal : educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge : Scholar : entered the India Office, 1877 : Private Secretary to Under Secretaries of State, 1883–94, and to Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State, 1895–1902 : Secretary, Political Department, India Office, 1902 : C.B., 1898.
RITCHIE, WILLIAM (1816–1862)
Born 1816 : son of John Ritchie, whose wife was a daughter of William Make- peace Thackeray, the grandfather of the novelist : educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge : called to the bar by the Inner Temple : joined the bar in Calcutta about 1840 : Advocate-General of Bengal : Vice-Chancellor of the Calcutta University : Member of the Supreme Council of the Governor-General from Sep. 14, 1861, to his death on March 22, 1862. A marble monument, by J. H. Foley, was erected to his memory in St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta. The following is an extract from the inscription (written by Thackeray) : "To a clear intellect and sweet and generous temper, England had added her highest education and God His grace. Public-spirited, wise and beloved, his career was one of rare success, breeding no envy. His death was felt to be a calamity, alike public and private."
RIVAZ, SIR CHARLES MONTGOMERY (1845–)
I.C.S. : son of John Theophilus Rivaz, B.C.S. : educated at Blackheath School : went to the Panjab in 1864 : served as Superintendent of the Kapurthala State : Deputy Commissioner of Kangra : Commissioner of Lahore : Financial Commissioner of the Panjab : Member of the Supreme Council, 1898–1902 : Lieutenant-Governor of the Panjab since 1902 : K.C.S.I., 1901.
RIVAZ, VINCENT ( ? – )
Entered the Indian Army, 1860, and became Colonel, 1890 : served in Hazara campaign, 1868 : Dour Valley expedition, 1872 : Afghan war, 1878–9 : Mahsud-Waziri expedition, 1881 : Hazara expedition, 1891 : C.B., 1900.
RIVETT-CARNAC, SIR JAMES, BARONET (1786–1846)
Son of James Rivett, Member of the Bombay Council, who assumed the name of Carnac : Cadet, 1799 : entered the R.M.A. Woolwich, 1800 : entered the E. I. Co.'s Madras Native infantry, 1801 : transferred to Bombay : was A.D.C. to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay : served against the Mahrattas, 1802 : in 1802, first Assistant at Baroda, in the Political service and Secretary to the Resident : Resident at Baroda, 1807–19 : retired as a Major in 1822 : Director of the E. I. Co., 1827 : Chairman of the Directors, 1830 : Baronet, 1836 : M.P., 1837 : Governor of Bombay, May, 1839 to April, 1841. A scholarship called after him was founded in his honour:, and his bust placed in the Town Hall. He died Jan. 28, 1846.
RIVETT-CARNAC, JOHN HENRY (1839–)
I.C.S. : son of Admiral Rivett-Carnac : educated in Germany and at Haileybury : served in Bengal Civil Service, 1858–94 : Commissioner of Cotton and Commerce : Special Commissioner for Transport in Bengal famine of 1874 : raised and commanded the Ghazipur volunteer regiment : author of Report on Indian Cotton Supply : Indian Railway Traffic, Indian Antiquities, Archaic Rock Markings in India and Europe : C.I.E.
RIVINGTON, REV. LUKE, D.D. (1838–1899)
Son of Francis Rivington : educated at Magdalen College, Oxford : B.A., 1861 : an eloquent preacher : for many years attended the Cowley House, Oxford : visited India,preaching : joined the Church of Rome 1887 : frequently delivered Lenten courses in the Church for English Roman Catholics in Rome : the Pope made him a Doctor of Divinity : died May 30, 1899.
