INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Ravenshaw.
in Bombay and arrived in India, 1851; served as Assistant Collector and Magistrate; Inspector-in-Chief under the Bombay Cotton Frauds Act, 1864; President, Corporation, of Bombay, 1864; Chief Secretary to Government of Bombay (Revenue, etc. Dept), 1877; Collector of Bombay and Superintendent of Stamps and Stationery, 1868; Member, Legislative Council, Bombay, 1871-73; Collector of Salt Revenue, 1871; on special duty as Member of the Baroda Commission for investigating into the charges against the Gaekwar; Member of Council of the Governor-General, India, 1879; retired, 1884. Address: c/o India Office, London.
Ravenshaw, Lt.-Col. Charles Withers, Indian Army (retired); joined service, 1872; Assistant Cantonment Magistrate in vairous places till 1875; special Political Agent, 1877; on special duty in connection with the boundary dispute, 1879-80; served in Afghan War (Medal); transferred to Police Department and posted as Superintendent, Rajputana Railway Police, 1880; Assistant Commissioner, Merwara, 1886; 1st Assistant Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1887; Cantonment Magistrate, and Judge, Court of Small Causes, Secunderabad, 1890; Assistant to Resident in Mysore. 1891; Resident in Gwalior and Mewar, 1895 and 1897 respectively; became Lt.-Col, 1898; Commissioner, Ajmir-Merwara, 1899; Resident at Baroda, 1899; at Nepal, 1902. Address: Messrs. Grindlav & Co., 54, Parliament Street, S.W.
Rawin, Chief of; Kidar Singh Thakur, succeeded to estate, 1905; claims the same descent as the family of Jubbal; enjoys full powers but sentence of death requires confimation by Superintendant, Simla Hill States; area of the State, 7 sq. miles; population, 900; revenue, Rs. 35,0OO. Address: Rawin, Simla Hill States, Punjab.
Rawling, Cecil Godfrey, C.I.E. (1909); F.R.G.S., Captain of Somerset Light Infantry; b. 1870 s. of late S. B. Rawling of Beaumont; educ: Clifton College; Joined service in the army, 1891 became Captain, 1901; served N.-W. Frontier, India, won medal with clasp 1897-98; Tibet Mission (medal with clasp), 1904; explored and surveyed 40,000 sq. miles of Western Tibet, 1903; Commanded the Gartok expedition across Tibet, 1904-5; awarded the Murchison Bequest by the Royal Geographical Society, 1909; Chief Survey Officer, British Expedition to Dutch New Guinea, 1913. Publication: The Great Plateau; The Land of the New Guinea Pygmies. Address: 16, Montagu Street, Potman Square, W. Clubs: Army and Navy.
Rawlins, Thomas William, I.C.S., (retired); educ: Clare College; passed the I.C.S. examination, 1860; joined service and arrived in India, 1863; posted to N.W.P. where he served as Assistant Magistrate and Collector, etc.; became Judge of the Court of Small Causes, Allahabad, 1872; transferred to Government of India service (Financial branch), 1877; Accountant-General and Deputy Commissioner of Paper Currency, Punjab, 1880; Accountant-General, Madras, 1888; retired, 1896. Address: c/o India Office, London.
