Dear Sara, Here is an e-mail sent to me two summers ago by Jill Grey from a site I believe she monitors on India. Hope you can use this info also. Nevilla -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: RICHARD OTTLEY of the Madras Staff Corps 6 Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 15:37:53 +0100 From: "Jill Grey" <JillGrey@dial.pipex.com> To: "Nevilla E. Ottley" <clasebon@erols.com> Dear Nevilla, The entry for Richard Ottley in Hart's Army List, 1873, is as follows .... Capt.Richard Ottley, Adjutant 2 Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent 16 years service Last Regiment : 3rd European Cornet : 20 Dec 1857 Lieut : 16 Feb 1860 Capt : 20 Dec 1869 Was employed on field service in the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories in the suppression of the Indian mutiny from 19th June 1858 to 1859 (Medal with Clasp for Central India). ------------------------ I take it you've found the Revd Warner Beckingham Ottley, M.A., Chaplain of Berhampore and Chittapore ; appointed 1847 (Senior Chaplains, Madras Ecclesiastical Dept.) ------------ Lieut John Walter Ottley appears in the same Army List with the following entry - Corps of Royal Engineers Lieutenant John Walter Ottley, Executive Engineer, 4th Grade, D.P.Works, 1st Sept 1872, 2nd Division, Baree Doab Canal, Punjaub : 15 Jan 1864. He's also in John F.Riddick's _Who Was Who in British India_ (1998) as follows - b.22 July 1841 ; s of Major Thomas Henry Ottley ; m 1884, Emily Dobell. Educ.: Royal Grammar School, Lancaster ; Lycee Charlemagne, Paris ; RMA, Woolwich. 1864 commissioned and assigned to RE ; for a time was Dep.Sec.Govt of India ; served as Insp.-Gen.of Irrigation, India ; 1897-98 appointed Brig.-Gen. and Engr-in-Chief of Tirah Expedition ; 1899-1906 became President of Royal Indian Engineering Coll. Publications : _Col.Ottley's Score Register_ 1900. Honours : KCIE, KGStJ. d 24 Jan 1931. And some additional information on this Ottley from _Who Was Who, 1929-1940_ .... C.I.E. 1892 Director R.& K.Railway and Technical Records b. Malligaum (Bombay Presidency) 22 July 1841 m.1884, Emily, d.of late Henry William Dobell (sometime Comptroller-Gen.of H.M.Customs) Commanded 5th Batt.Sussex Vol.Regiment Decorated : eminent services in connection with irrigation in India Address : Leyton, Eastbourne -------------------- There don't seem to be any other Ottleys serving in India in the biographical dictionaries or Army Lists that I have to hand. Jill (Cambridge, UK) > > Dear Jill, > > I happened upon your notice in the India list archives, and was > wondering what, if any, other information you may have on that Richard > Ottley, or on any other Ottleys that served in India. > > Thanks, > > Nevilla E. Ottley in Maryland > clasebon@erols.com >