INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Kirwar.
Kirwar, Raja of; Pratab Bahadur Singh; b. 1876; succeeded to title, 1885; educ: first at the Wards Institution, Agra, and afterwards at home under European tutors; title of Raja recognised and confirmed as hereditary, 1877; the estate comprises 64 villages in Sultanpur and 37 in Fyzabad. Address: Kurwar, Sultanpur, India.
Kitson, Major-General Sir Garald Charles, C.M.G. (1901), C.V.O. (1905), K.C.V.O. (1912) Indian Army; s. of Rev. J. B. Kitson; b. 1856; educ: at Winchester; joined service in the Army, 1875; attached to Staff College, 1885-86; was Commandant of Royal Military College, Kingston; Military Attache to British Embassy, Washington; served in Manipur Expelition, 1891 (medal, despatches); D.A.A.G., Meerut, 1890-92; A.A.G. at Umballa, 1892-4; m. Gwendolen, d. of H. D’O. Moule, q.v. 1894; promoted to rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, 1896; Commandant, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1902-7; commanding Jubbalpore Brigade, 1907; Jullandar Brigade, 1908; Commanding 2nd Division, India, 1909; Quartermaster-General, India, 1909-12. Address: Rawalpindi, India. Club: Naval and Military.
Knowles, Rev. J. Agent, London Missionary Society in Southern India; lived and worked in many parts of South India for nearly 20 years; advocated the adoption of a system of phono typic letters to the Indian vernaculars with certain Romanic letters for special Indian sounds; suggested the appointment of a commission to enquire into the practicability of a national alphabet for all Indian languages; delivered an interesting lecture at the Carton Hall on the subject of “The Battle of the Characters, or an Imperial Script for India”.
Knollys, Major Louis Frederic, C.M.G. (1877), Indian Army (retired); b. 1847; 3rd s. of late Cannon W. F. E. Knollys; educ: at Radley, and at Marlborough; Joined service in the 2nd Light Infantry, 1866; Major in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 1881; A.D.C. to Governor of Mauritius, 1872; A.D.C, Fiji, 1875; Commandant. Armed Native Constabulary, Fiji, 1877; A.D.C. to Governor of New Zealand, 1880; A.D.C. to Governor of Ceylon, 1883; Inspector-General of Police and Prisons, Jamaica, 1886; Inspector-General of Police and Prisons, Ceylon' 1891; Member, Legislative Council, Ceylon, 1899; suppressed a rising in Fiji, and restored order, 1876; retired, 1902. Address: The Wilderness, Dartmouth, Devon. Club: Army and Navy.
Knox, Hon’ble Sir G. E., Kt., (1906) LL.D., Judge, High Court, United Provinces, India; e.s. of late Rev. George Knox; b. 1846; educ: Merchant Taylor’s School; joined I.C.S., 1865; formerly Legal Remembrancer to Govt, of United Provinces, and Member of Lieutenant-Governor’s Council; Judge, High Court, Allahabad, from 1890. Publications: “Treatise on the Indian Stamp Law”, “Digest of the Criminal Law of the Bengal Presidency”. Address: Nainital, Simla, and ‘River View’, Allahabad, U.P., India.
