Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Raikes, Charles
RAIKES, CHARLES (1812–1885), writer on India, son of Job Matthew Raikes, was born in 1812, and entered the Bengal civil service in 1830. For some time he was commissioner of Lahore and judge of the Sudder court at Agra. He acted as civil commissioner in the field during the Indian mutiny in 1857, and retired from the service in 1860. He became a magistrate for Wiltshire and Sussex; was nominated a companion of the Star of India in 1866; and died at his residence, Mill Gap, Eastbourne, on 16 Sept. 1885. He married, first, in 1832, Sophia, daughter of Colonel Matthews, of the 31st foot; and, secondly, in 1837, Justina Davidson, daughter of William Alves of Enham House, Hampshire. She died in 1882.
His works are: 1. ‘Notes on the North-Western Provinces of India,’ London, 1858, 8vo. 2. ‘Notes on the Revolt of the North-Western Provinces of India,’ London, 1858, 8vo. 3. ‘The Englishman in India,’ London, 1867, 8vo.
[India Office List, 1886, p. 130; Times, 19 Sept. 1885.]