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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

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ports; Code of Trival Custom in Shahpur and in Sirsa. Address: 59, Cadogan Square, S.W. Club: Calidonian.

Wilson, Thomas Corby, C.I.E., (1900), Settlement Commissioner, CP.; b. 1862; s. of late Thomas Wilson; educ: Clifton College and Trinity College, Oxford; entered I.C.S., 1883; Assistant Settlement Officer, Central Provinces, 1886; Settlement Officer, 1888; Settlement Commissioner, 1900; Deputy Commissioner, Burma, 1891; Director of Land Records and Agriculture, 1892; retired, 1908; m. Edith, d. of James Bristow, 1894. Address: Burdon Hall, Shacklesford, Godalming. Club: East India United Service.

Wilson, William Herbert, Ph.D., F.I.C., F.I.S., (Heidelbergh), Professor of Chemistry, Presidency College, Madras (retired); b. 1852; joined service as Professor of Physical Science, Madras Presidency College, 1875; Registrar, Madras University, in addition to his duties as Professor of Chemistry, Presidency College, 1886; Principal, Presidency College, Madras, 1903; retired, 1907.

Winckler, Edwin, B.A., F.M.U., Principal, Raja’s College, Parlakimidi, since 1913; s. of Johannes Frederick Winckler; b. 1849; educ: Doveton Protestant College, Madras; B.A., 1873; joined service as Headmaster, S.P.G. High School, 1874; Principal, Hindu College, (now Mrs. A. V. Narasinga Rao’s College), Vizagapatam, 1876; Principal, Hindu College, Tinnevelly, 1882-84; Principal, Kerala Vidyasala (Zamorin’s College), 1885-86; Principal, Hindu College, Tinnevelly, 1895-96; Headmaster, Bishop Corrie’s High School, 1906-07; Private Tutor to the. Maharaja of Jaipur, 1907-08; Ordinary Fellow, Madras University, 1912; m. Amelia Wilhelmina, d. of Mr. W. Mills, Deputy Comptroller, P.W. Accounts; 2 s. and one d. Publications: Annotated editions of Shakespeare and Milton for F.A. and B.A. Candidates. Recreations: Cycling and Motoring. Address: Parlakimedi, Ganjam District, Madras Presidency. Club: Waltair.

Wingate, Sir Andrew, K.C.I.E. (1899), C.I.E., (1879), I.C.S. (retired); b. 1816; s. of Rev. William Wingate; educ: Elizabeth College, Guernsey, Kensington Grammar School; and the Universities of London and Heidelberg; joined I.C.S. in Bombay, 1869; Assistant Secretary to Finance Commission, 1877-79; Settlement Officer, Mewaf and Kashmir; Collector and Magistrate, 1890; Commissioner of Customs, etc.; Salt, Abkari and Opium; Commissioner in Sind; Member, Imperial Legislative Council, 1897-98; Commissioner, 1897; Secretary to Bombay Government, Plague Department, 1898; Commissioner, Central Division, Bombay, 1900-02; retired, 1902; m. Henrietta Catherine, d. of Colonel Duncan Scott Pemberton, R.A., 1887. Address: London. Club: East India United Service.

Wingate, Colonel George, C.I.E. (1901), Indian Army; b. 1852; joined service in the Army, 1871; served in the Naga Hills Expedition (Medal with clasp), 1879-80; Chitral Relief Force,

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