INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Swamikannu Pillai.
Madras, 1890; Treasury Deputy Collector, 1892; Assistant Secretary, Board of Revenue (Land Revenue Branch), Madras, 1896; Secretary to the Commissioner of Revenue Settlement, etc., 1906; in charge of the Office of Director of Agriculture, April and June 1909; Registrar, Co operative Credit Societies, 1911; acting Collector and Magistrate, July 1912; reverted as Registrar, Co-operative Credit Societies, Madras, 1912; Ordinary Fellow, Madras University, 1904. Publications: New dates of Pandyan Kings in the 13th Century, A.D.; Indian Ephemeris (A.D. 1800-2000 A.D.) Address: Puraaawakam, Madras.
Swaminathan, Dr. S., M.A., LL.B., B.Sc. Ph.D., Bar-at-Law, Madras; educ: at Madras; M.A., 1896; Teacher, Salem; proceeded to England; called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn), 1899; enrolled as Advocate, High Court, Madras,. 1900; acting Deputy Registrar, Original Side, Madras High Court, 1901; Special Lecturer, Madras Law College, 1902; Junior Professor, Law College, 1905; Acting Principal and Senior Professor, Law College, Madras, 1913-14. Publications: Criminal Procedure Code; Edited Sohoni’s Cr. Pro. Code and J. D. Mayne’s Criminal Law of India. Address: Chetpet, Madras; Armenian Street, Madras.
Swinley, Major-General George, C.B., (1893), Indian Army, Punjab; s. of Major-General George H. Swinley; joined the Army in the Bengal Artillery, 1860; served in Bhutan Expedition, 1865-66; Black Mountain Expedition, 1868: Jowaki Afridi Expedition, 1877-78; Afghan War, 1878-80; Brevet Major and Lt.-Col., 1893; Major-General, 1895; District Staff Officer, Madras,. 1884-99; Colonel of the Staff, Punjab, 1892-96; m. Alice, d. of W. G. Probyn, late of Bengal Civil Service. Address: 2, Fawconberg Villa, Cheltenham.
Sydenham of Combe, 1st Baron (1913); George Sydenham Clarke, G.C.M.G. (1905); K.C.M.G., (1893); G.C.I.E. (1907); G.C.S.I. (1911), F.R.S.; Knight of Justice; Order of St. John of Jerusalem; Governor of Bombay, 1907-13; s. of Rev. W. J. Clarke of Folkeston; b. at Lines, 1848; educ: at Haileybury; Wimbledon School; passed first into and first out of Royal Military Academy; m. first 1871, Caroline Emily, d. 1908, e.d. of late General P. H. Fellows; .second, 1910, Phylis. d. of late George Morant and widow of Capt. Arthur Reynolds, Lady of Grace, order of St. John of Jerusalem; joined Royal Engineers, 1868; on the staff of R.I. E. College, 1871-80; served in Egyptian Expedition aid won medal and bronze star, 1882; Soudan Expedition, 1885; Assistant Political Officer, Intelligence Department, Suakin; employed at the War Office till 1892; Secretary, Colonial Defence Committee, 1885-92; Secretary, Royal Commission on Navy and Army Administration; on special duty to Sweden, Berlin, Paris, Belgium, Gibraltar, Malta, America, etc., 1901; Member of the Committee for reorganisation of War Office, 1900-01; Governor of Victoria, 1901-04; again Member, War Office Reconstitution Committee, 1904; Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence, 1904; Member, Committee on
