INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Sivaswami Ayyar.
Sivaswami Ayyer, Hon’ble Pazhamarneri Sundram Ayyer, B.A., B.L., C.S.I., C.I.E. (1908), Member of Council, Madras; 2nd s. of Mr. Sundaram Ayyer, Pleader, Tanjore; b. 1864; educ: S.P.G. College, Tanjore,the Government College, Kumbakonam, and the Presidency College, Madras; passed B.A. as 2nd in the 1st class, 1882: stood 1st in Sanskrit and obtained the Goda Vari Sanskrit Prize, the Gordon Prize in History, etc.; B.L., (heading the list), 1884; enrolled as Vakil of the High Court, 1885; Sanskrit Examiner to the University of Madras, 1887-88; Assistant Professor, Madras Law College, 1893-99; Examiner for the B.L., 1898-99; Fellow, Madras University, 1898; elected to represent the University in the Madras Legislative Council, 1904; became the 1st Indian to represent the University in the Madras Legislative Council; was re-elected unopposed, 1906; Offg. Advocate-General, 1907; confirmed, 1908; presided at the Tanjore District Conference, 1907; had a large share of work in the shaping of the Madras Estates Land Bill, etc.; was joint Editor of the Madras Law Journal, 1893-1907; appointed to the Council of the Governor of .Madras, 1912. Address: Mylapore, Madras.
Skinner, Lt.-Colonel Bruce Morland, M.V.O. (1906); R.A.M.C. e.s. of late Bruce Skinner; b. 1858; joined the Army and served in ,the N. W. Frontier Expedition, 1887-88; South Africa, 1899-1902; Honorary Surgeon to the Viceoy of India, 1910; became Lt.-Col , 1902; Senior Medical officer, Rawalpindi; m. Monica, d. of late Henry Whitehouse, Madras Civil Service. Address; Rawalpindi, India. 20, Merton Hall Road, Wimbledon. Club: Army and Navy.
Skinner, Colonel George John, D.S.O. (1890); Indian Army; b. 1841; joined Army, 1859; transferred to Indian Army, 1865; served in Afghan War, 1880; Chin Lushai expedition, 1889-90; became Colonel, 1889. Address; Uplands, Folkstone. Club: East India United Service.
Skinner, Rev. William, M.A., D.D., Aberdeen; Principal, Madras Christian College; joined the staff of the College as Professor of English and Mental and Moral Science; Ordinary Fellow, Madras University, since 1904. Address: College Park, Kilpauk, Madras.
Skipton, Horace Pitt Kennedy, Writer on Art, Church Literature and History and Indian Affairs; Secretary, Indian Church Aid Association, and Editor, Indian Church Magazine; b. 1861; s. of Daniel Pitt Skipton, M.R.C.S., etc.; educ: City of London School; Joined the India Police Service, 1883; joint Editor of ‘Electricity’, 1898-1904; Co-Editor, The Church-Woman; Assistant Editor, ‘Pilot’, 1902; Acting Editor, ‘Church Bells’, 1906; on the Staff of the Guardian. Publications: A little Gallery Hoppner, 1903; John Hoppner, 1905; A Song of the Celestial City, 1906; Our Reproach in India; About Some Favourite Hymns, etc. Contributes to XIX cent., Emp. Rev., The East and the West, and the Connoisseur. Recreations: Cycling and sketching. Address: 29, King Street, Covent Gardens,
