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</noinclude>INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 11)15.

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</noinclude><section begin="Ravenscroft, Edward W."/>in Bombay and arrived in India, 1851; served as Assistant Collector and Magistrate; Inspector-in-Chief under the Bombay Cotton Frauds Act, 1864; President, Corporation, of Bombay, 1864; Chief Secretary to Government of Bombay (Revenue, etc. Dept), 1877; Collector of Bombay and Superintendent of Stamps and Stationery, 1868; Member, Legislative Council, Bombay, 1871-73; Collector of Salt Revenue, 1871; on special duty as Member of the Baroda Commission for investigating into the charges against the Gaekwar; Member of Council of the Governor-General, India, 1879; retired, 1884. ''Address'': c/o India Office, London.



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��RAVENSHAW.

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<section begin="Ravenshaw, Lt.-Col. Charles Withers"/>'''Ravenshaw, Lt.-Col. Charles Withers''', Indian Army (retired); joined service, 1872; Assistant Cantonment Magistrate in vairous places till 1875; special Political Agent, 1877; on special duty in connection with the boundary dispute, 1879-80; served in Afghan War (Medal); transferred to Police Department and posted as Superintendent, Rajputana Railway Police, 1880; Assistant Commissioner, Merwara, 1886; 1st Assistant Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1887; Cantonment Magistrate, and Judge, Court of Small Causes, Secunderabad, 1890; Assistant to Resident in Mysore. 1891; Resident in Gwalior and Mewar, 1895 and 1897 respectively; became Lt.-Col, 1898; Commissioner, Ajmir-Merwara, 1899; Resident at Baroda, 1899; at Nepal, 1902. ''Address'': Messrs. Grindlav & Co., 54, Parliament Street, S.W.



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in Bombay and arrived in

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<section begin="Rawin, Chief of; Kidar Singh Thakur"/>'''Rawin, Chief of; Kidar Singh Thakur''', succeeded to estate, 1905; claims the same descent as the family of Jubbal; enjoys full powers but sentence of death requires confimation by Superintendant, Simla Hill States; area of tbe State, 7 sq. miles; population, 900; revenue, Rs. 35,0OO. ''Address'': Rawin, Simla Hill States, Punjab.



India, 1851 ; served as Assistant

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Collector and Magistrate ;

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<section begin="Rawling, Cecil Godfrey"/>[[w:Cecil Rawling|'''Rawling, Cecil Godfrey''']], C.I.E. (1909); F.R.G.S., Captain of Somerset Light Infantry; ''b''. 1870 ''s''. of late S. B. Rawling of Beaumont; ''educ'': Clifton College; Joined service in the army, 1891 became Captain, 1901; served N.-W. Frontier, India, won medal with clasp 1897-98; Tibet Mission (medal with clasp), 1904; explored and surveyed 40,000 sq. miles of Western Tibet, 1903; Commanded the Gartok expedition across Tibet, 1904-5; awarded the Murchison Bequest by the Royal Geographical Society, 1909; Chief Survey Officer, British Expedition to Dutch New Guinea, 1913. ''Publication'': [[The Great Plateau]]; [[The Land of the New Guinea Pygmies]]. ''Address'': 16, Montagu Street, Potman Square, W. ''Clubs'': Army and Navy.



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Inspector-in-Chief under the

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<section begin="Rawlins, Thomas William"/>'''Rawlins, Thomas William''', I.C.S., (retired); ''educ'': Clare College; passed the I.C.S. examination, 1860; joined service and arrived in India, 1863; posted to N.W.P. where he served as Assistant Magistrate and Collector, etc.; became Judge of the Court of Small Causes, Allahabad, 1872; transferred to Government of India service (Financial branch), 1877; Accountant-General and Deputy Commissioner of Paper Currency, Punjab, 1880; Accountant-General, Madras, 1888; retired, 1896. ''Address'': c/o India Office, London.<section end="Rawlins, Thomas William"/><noinclude>{{left|354}}</div></noinclude>



Bombay Cotton Frauds Act, 18G4;

 



President, Corporation, of Bom-

 



bay, 1864 ; Chief Secretary to

 



Government of Bombay (Revenue,

 



etc. Dept), 1877 ; Collector of Bom-

 



bay and Superintendent of Stamps

 



and Stationery, 1868 ; jMember,

 



Legislative Council, Bombay, 1871-

 



73 ; Collector of Salt Revenue,

 



1871 ; on special duty as Member

 



of the Baroda Commission for

 



investigating into the charges

 



against the Gaekwar ; Member of

 



Council of the Governor-General,

 



India, 1879 ; retired, 1884.

 



Address : c/o India Office, London.

 



 



Ravenshaw, Lt.-Col. Charles

 



Withers, Indian Army (retired) ;

 



joined service, 1872 ; Assistant

 



Cantonment Magistrate in vaiious

 



places till 1875 ; special Political

 



Agent, 1877 ; on special duty in

 



connection with the boundary

 



dispute, 1879-80 ; served in Afghan

 



War (Modal) ; transferred to Police

 



Department and posted as

 



Superintendent, Rajputana Rail-

 



way Police, 1880 ; Assistant

 



Commissioner, INIerwara, 1886 ;

 



1st Assistant Political Resident.

 



Persian Gulf, 1887 ; Cantonment

 



Magistrate, and Judge, Court of

 



Small Causes, Secunderabad, 1890;

 



Assistant to Resident in Mysore.

 



1891 ; Resident in Gwalior and

 



Mewar, 1895 and 1897 respectively;

 



became Lt.-Col, 1898 ; Commis-

 



sioner, Ajmir-Merwara, 1899 ;

 



Resident at Baroda, 1899 ; at

 



Nepal, 1902. Address : ^Messrs.

 



Grindlav & Co.. 54, Parliament

 



Street, S. W.

 



 



Rawin, Chief of ; Kidar Singh

 



Thakur, succeeded to estate, 1905;

 



claims the same descent as the

 



 



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��family of Jubbal ; enjoys full

 



powers but sentence of death

 



requires confimation by Superin-

 



tendant, Simla Hill States; area

 



of tbe State, 7 sq. miles ; popula-

 



tion, 900; revenue, Rs. 35, COO.

 



Address: Rawin, Simla Hill

 



States, Punjab.

 



 



Rawling. Cecil Godfrey, CLE.

 



(1909) ; F.R.G.S., Captain of

 



Somerset Light Infantry; b. 1870

 



s. of late S. B. Rawling of Beau

 



mont ; educ : Clifton College

 



Joined service in the army, 1891

 



became Captain, 1901; served

 



N.-W. Frontier, India, won medal

 



with clasp 1897-98 ; Tibet Mission

 



(medal with clasp), 1904; explored

 



and surveyed 40,000 sq. miles

 



of Western Tibet, 1903 ; Com-

 



manded the Gartok expedition

 



across Tibet, 1904-5 ; awarded

 



the Murchison Bequest by the

 



Royal Geographical Society, 1909 ;

 



Chief Survey Officer, British

 



Expedition to Dutch New Guinea,

 



1913. Publication: The Great

 



Plateau ; The Land of the New

 



Guinea Pygmies. Address : 16,

 



Montagu street, Potman Squai-e,

 



W. Gbibs : Army and Navy.

 



 



Rawlins, Thomas William, I.C.S.,

 



(retired) ; educ : Clare College ;

 



passed the I.C.S. examination,

 



1860 ; joined service and arrived

 



in India, 1863 ; posted to N. W.

 



P. where he served as Assistant

 



Magistrate and Collector, etc. ;

 



became Judge of the Court of

 



Small Causes, Allahabad, 1872 ;

 



transferred to Government of

 



India service (Financial branch),

 



1877 ; Accountant-General and

 



Deputy Commissioner of Paper

 



Currency, Punjab, 1880 ; Accoun-

 



tant-General, Madras, 1888 ; re-

 



tired, 1896. Address : c/o India

 



Office, London.

 



 



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