INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
West.
West, Charles Henry, C.I.E. (1903), Assistant Secretary, Army Department, India; s. of late Charles Henry West, Merchant, Punjab; b. 1859; joined service in the Provincial Civil Service, Punjab, 1876; served in the Civil Department, 1880; Personal Assistant to Adjutant-General, India, 1890 ; served in Burma War, 1886-87; m. Agnes Lingard, d. of late Charles Murphy of the Surrey of India, 1888; Assistant Secretary, Army Department; 1906. Address: Clan-Rye, Berkamsted, Herts.
Westmacott, Major-General Sir Richard, K.C.B. (1898), D.S.O. (1890); I.A., b. 1841; s. of Rev. Horatio Westmacott ; educ: at Rossal; entered the Bombay Army, 1859; served in the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58; Afghan War, 1879-80; Soudan Expedition, 1885; Commanded Advance Column, Chin Lushai Expedition, 1879-80 ; Commanded 29th Bombay Pioneers, 1887-94: A.A.G., Poona, 1894-95; Colonel on the Staff, 1895-96; Commanded Nagpur District, 1896-99; Commanded 1st Field Force, 1897; 4th Brigade Tirrah Expedition, 1897-98; Commanding First Class District, Mhow, 1900-03; Colonel, 128th Pioneers, 1904; m. Rose Margaret, d. of Major-General Francis James Caldecott, C.B., 1889. Address: Bishop’s Caundle, Sherborne, Dorset. Club: United Service.
Wheeler, Henry, C.S.I. (1904), C.I.E. (1910), I.C.S., Home Secretary to the Government of India, since 1912; s. of late Dr. H. Wheeler; b. 1870; educ: Christ College, Cambridge; entered service, 1891; Under Secretary to Government of Bengal ; Junior Secretary, Board of Revenue, Bengal, 1898-92; Member of the Salt Committee, 1903-04; Member of the Drainage Commission, 1905-06; Secretary to Government of India, Finance Department, 1906-07; Secretary to the Royal Commission on Decentralization, 1907-9; Secretary to the Government of Bengal, Finance Department, 1909; m. Marjory; d. of Sir Harold Stuart. Address: Simla, India. Clubs: East India United Service.
White, Sir Charles Arnold, Kt. (1900), B.A., Bar-at-Law. Chief Justice, Madras (retired); s. of Thomas John White of Bowdon, Cheshire; b. 1858; educ: New College, Oxford; B.A., 1881; called to Bar (Inner Temple), 1883; Advocate-General and M.L.C., Madras, 1898; became Chief Justice, Madras High Court, 1899; Fellow, Madras University; Vice-Chancellor, Madras University, 1904-05; President, S.P.C.A., Madras; an active member of the Madras Agri-Horticultural Association; retired, 1914; appointed as member of the Council of India, London, June 1915. Publications: Wilson’s Judicature Acts (jointly); The Yearly County Court Practice (jointly). Address: India Office, London. Clubs: Oxford and Cambridge, Wellington.
White, Charles Arthur, Member, Legislative Council, Bihar and Orissa, since 1913. Address: Patna.
White, Hon’ble Sir Herbert Thirkell, K.C.I.E., (1903); C.S.I. (1892); Lieut.-Governor, Burma (retired); s. of Richard White; b. 1855; educ: at Dulwich and Brasnose College, Oxford; joined I.C.S. 1877; served in all the lower
