INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
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and Italy, 1900; presented to Vizagapatam a bronze statue of late Empress Victoria; maintains a hospital and a rest-house at Waltair. Publications: Diary of my Travels Recreation: Horticulture. Address: ‘Daba Gardens’, Vizagapatam, Madras Presidency; Old Ice-house building, South Beach, Madras.
Sherer, John Walter. C.S.I., (1866), I.C.S.; b. 1823; s. of J.W. Sherer; educ: at Rugby and Haileybury; entered the Bengal Civil Service; 1846; Magistrate of Fatehpur in the Mutiny of 1857; reached Cawnpore with Havelock and remained as Magistrate; managed the districts and provided supplies and information for the relief and the recapture of Lucknow; became Judge of Mirzapur; Fellow, Calcutta University; twice married; Publications: Daily Life during the Indian Mutiny. Address; 5, Russel Street, Bath.
Shone, Lt.-General Sir William Terence, K.C.B. (1906), D.S.O. (1891); b. 1850; entered the Royal Engineers, 1871; became Lt.-General, 1903; served in the Afghan War, 1878-80; Mahsud Waziri Expedition, 1881; Burma Expedition, 1885-87; C.O., of Royal Engineers, Chitral Relief Force, 1895; Colonel on the Staff of R.E. China Expedition, 1900-01; Director-General of Military Works, India, 1901-03; Lt.General, 1900; Inspector-General of Fortifications at Head Quarters, 1903-04; retired, 1907; m. Janet, d. of Right Hon’ble General Fitzbibbon, Lord Justice of Appeal in Ireland, 1893. Address: Ridgemount Bassett, Southampton. Club: Junior United Service.
Shore, Colonel Offley Bohun Stovin Fairless, D.S.O. (1900); s. of Offley B. Shore; b. 1863; entered Army, 1882; transferred to Indian Army in Bengal, 1884; served in Malakand Field Force and Tirah Expedition, 1897-98; Boer War, 1900-02; D.A.A.G., India, 1895-1900; A.A.G., Indian Staff, 1905-06; m. Caroline Perry, d. of Charles Perry Sinnickson of Philadelphia, 1908; became Colonel, 1911. Address: Simla, India. Club: United Service.
Showers, Lt.-Col H. L., C.S.I., C.I.E., (1902), Offg. Resident at Nepal; b. 1861; s. of General C. L. Showers; educ; privately; entered Welsh Regiment, 1883; entered Indian Army, 1884; became Lt.-Col. 1909; served in the Soudan Expedition and obtained medal with two clasps and bronze star; also in Mekran, 1901; was present at assault and capture of fort Nadi, 1899; Political Agent and Deputy Commissioner, Quetta and Peshawar; Political Agent at Kalats; at Alwar; Resident, Jaipur, 1910; Resident at Nepal since 1912. Address: Katmandu, Nepal.
Sikkam, Maharaja of; Maharaj Kumar Sidkeong Tulkan, K.C.I.E. (1910), (C.I.E.; 2nd s. of H.H. the Maharaja; b. 1879; educ: Oxford University; Vice-President of the State Council; is in charge of the Ecclesiastical, Education and forest departments; served in the Tibet Mission of 1908 in facilitating transport; knows Hindi, Nepali, Lepcha, Tibetan, Chinese and English Languages; holds K-I-H. gold medal. Recreations: Tennis, Rowing, Riding. Address: Gangtok, Sikkim. Club: Darjeeling Gymkhana.
