INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
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Administration of Lord Lansdowne; Seapoy Generals; Cities of India; History of the Indian Mutiny; Life of Sir Neville Chamberlain; Life of Lord Roberts. Address: Iffley Turn, Oxford.
Foster, William, B.A.; Registrar and Superintendent of Records, India Office, since 1907; b. 1863; s. of William Foster, retired I.C.S.; educ; Cooper’s Grammar School; London University; joined service in India Office, 1882; editor, India Office List, 1891-95; Hon. Secretary, Hakluyt Society, 1893-1902. Publications: The Founding of Fort St. George, Madras; A Catalogue of the India Office Pictures; The English Factories in India, 1618-33 (5 vols, now published); The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe to the Court of the great Mogul; The Journal of John Jourdain; Letters received by the East India Company; (4 vols.) The first Letterbook of the East India Company; Relics of the East India Company. Address: India Office, London. Club: Royal Societies.
Foulkes, Lieutenant-Colonel T. H., F.R.C.S., L.M.S., M.R.C.P., Durbar Physician and Surgeon, Mysore; b. 1870; joined Mysore service, 1912. Address: Mysore, India.
Fox, Sir Charles Edmund, Kt (1907), Chief Judge, Chief Court, Burma; s. of late John Fox, merchant, St John’s, Newfoundland; educ; Prior Park College, Bath; called to Bar (Middle Temple), 1877; m. Ethel Mary, e.d. of Sir Charles Parry Hobhouse, 3rd Bart; Government Advocate, Burma, 1884-1900; Judge, Chief Court, 1900; Chief Judge, 1906. Address: Rangoon, Burma; Bigsweir House, St. Briavels, Glowcestershire. Club: East India United Service.
Framji Jahanghir Dasabhai, Bar-at-Law, I.S.C. (1911), Customs Department, Bombay; was Special Collector under the Land Acquisition Act; Collector of Customs, Sind; Shipping Master, Karachi, 1900; was on deputation in Bombay; is a Justice of the Peace; Member, City Improvement Trust, Bombay. Address: Bombay, India.
Francis, Walter, I.C.S., Secretary to Government of Madras, (Revenue Department.); joined service, as Assistant Collector and Magistrate, 1890; acted in various capacities including that of the Superintendant of Census Operations, 1900; Superintendent of Gazetteer Revision, 1902; became Collector and Magistrate, 2nd class, and served in Anantapur, Tinnevelly and Malabar districts. Publications: Gazetteers of Bellary, Anantapur, South Arcot, Madura, Vizagapatam, and Nilgiris. Address: Madras. Club, Madras, India.
Fraser, Sir Andrew Henderson Leith, M.A., LL.D., K.C.S.I., (1893), C.S.I. (1897); b. 1848; e.s. of Rev. A. G. Fraser, D.D.; m. 1st, Agnes (d. 1877); 2nd, 1883, Henrietta, d. of Col. H. I. Lugard, I.S.C; educ; Edinburgh Academy Institution, and University; joined I.C.S.; Member, Hemp Drugs Commission, 1893-94; Officiating Secretary to Government of India (Home Deparment), 1898-99; Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces, 1899; Lt.-Gov. of Bengal, 1903-8; President, Police Commission, 1902; Recreation: golf. Address: Auchenleish, Glenisla, Alyth, N.B., 22, Heriot Row, Edinburgh. Club: University, Edinburgh.
