Quotes:Lyall, Alfred Comyn

Zirkoff, Boris

Lyall, Sir Alfred Comyn. Anglo-Indian administrator and writer; b. Jan. 4, 1835, at Coulsdon, Surrey; d. 1911. Educ. at Eton and Haileybury. Entered Bengal civil service, 1855, and saw service during the Mutiny, at Meerut, Rohil-Khand and elsewhere. His promotion was rapid: appointed commissioner of Nagpur, 1865; and of West Berar, 1867; made Home Secretary to the Government of India, 1873; app. governor-general’s agent in Raj putaña, 1874. Drew up a Statistical Account or Gazetteer of Berar and Raj putaña, first work of this kind. Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, 1878. Resigned, 1881, and was made K.C.B. He was then lieutenant-governor of the N.W.P. and Oudh, where he administered Lord Ripon’s local self-government scheme, and carried out many imp. legislative reforms. Upon retirement from service, 1887, became member of India Council in London, strongly advocating development of self-government. Privy Councillor on retirement from India Office, 1902. Trustee of the British Museum, 1911. Chief Works: The Rise and Expansion of the British Dominion in India. London: J. Murray, 1893. 4th ed., 1907.—Warren Hastings. London and New York: Macmillan & Co., 1889.—The Life of the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava. 2 vols. London: J. Murray, 1905.—Asiatic Studies, religious and social, 1882, and 1899, dealing mainly with comparative study of religions, showing deep insight into Indian life and character.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 6, p. 440

Lyall, Sir Alfred Comyn. Vide Vol. V (1883), p. 440, for data.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 7, p. 381