INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
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Cheltenham; m, Josephne Catherine, 1864; joined Bengal Army, 1857; served with Panjab Frontier Force on the N.W. Frontier, 1857-62; Political Officer, Bhutan Campaign, 1865-6; Superintendent, Bahawalpur State, 1871-73, 1877-79; Commissioner, Hissar Division, 1892; retired, 1894: re-employed as Superintendent, Bahawalpur State, 1899-1902; Publications: A manual of the Construction and Management of Canals; The India of the Future: Address: Kasauli, Punjab, India.
Grice, Hon’ble Walter Thomas; elected non-official Member, Legislative Council, Bengal; appointed, 1913; Address: Calcutta, India.
Grierson, Sir George Abraham, B.A., Ph.D.Litt., C.I.E. (1894), K.C.I.E. (1912), I.C.S. (retired); e.s. of late George Abraham Grierson, LL.D.; b. Glenageary, Dublin, 1851; educ; St. Bees and Shrewsbury; Trinity College, Dublin; m. Lucy Elizabeth Sean, d. late M. H. Collins, M.D., 1880; joined I.C.S., as Assistant Collector and Magistrate, 1873; Inspector of Schools, Bihar Circle, 1880; Offg. Collector and Magistrate, 1887; Magistrate, Howrah, 1892; Additional Commissioner, Patna, 1896; Opium Agent, Bihar, 1896; on special duty in charge of Linguistic Survev of India, 1898 1902; retired, 1903; holds certificates of high proficiency in Bengali and Sanskrit; Hon: Fellow of the Asiatic Society of Bengal; Hony: Member, American Oriental Society; is connected with a great many other societies; was a Fellow of the Calcutta University. Publications: Grammar and Chrestomathy of the Maithili Language; Seven Grammars of the Bihar Dialects; [[Bihar Peasent Life]]; The Modern Vernacular Literature of Hindustan; Essays on Cashmiri Grammar; The Languages of India; Report on Linguistic Survey of India; and many papers in the Journals of Oriental Societies. Recreations: Study and music. Address: Rathfarnham. Samberly. Clubs: Junior Conservative; West Burrey.
Griffin, Hon: Sir Henry Daly, B.A., Kt. (1911). Puisne Judge, High Court, Allahabad since 1901; s. of Emma Glory; b, 1864; educ; French College, Blackrock, Dublin; joined I.S.C, 1885; District Judge, 1896; Additional Judicial Commissioner, Oudh, 1907; Judge, High Court. Allahabad, 1901; on special duty as Arbitrator in the Kanniambody Water Project between the Governments of Madras and Mysore, 1913. Address: Hastings Row. Allahabad, U.P., India.
Grimston, Lt. Col. Rollo Estouteville. C.I.E. 1906, K.C.V.O. 1911, Inspector-General, Imperial Service Cavalry, India; b. 1861; s. of Col. O. J. A, Grimston of Itchen, Hants; educ; United Service College: entered Army, 1881; Captain, Indian Cavalry, 1892; Lieutenant-Colonel. 1907; A.D.C. to Viceroy, 1893-91; A.D.C. to Prince of Wales during Indian Tour, 1905-06; extra Equerry-in-Waiting to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 1906; extra Equerry-in-Waiting to Emperor George V., 1910; served in N.W. Frontier, India, (despatches, medal with clasp), 1897-8; Tirali Expedition (despatches clasp), 1897-8; Military Secretary to H.M. The Emperor during his visit to India, 1911. Clubs: Cavalry, Hurlingham.
