Ardagh, Richard Drapes
- Title
- Prof, Maj Gen
- First name(s)
- Richard Drapes*
- Surname
- Ardagh
- Position(s) held at King's College London
Professor of Burmese, 1889-1899
Education & professional details
- Position(s) held (non King's College London) Ref: *2
- Soldier, serving in India and Burma
- Commissioner of Pegu, Burma (1863-78)
- rose to the rank of General in the Madras Staff Corp
- Judge Advocate-General of Madras Presidency
- taught Burmese at Oxford and Cambridge Universities
- Professional activities
Read for the OED
Personal details
- Date of birth Ref: *1
- 21st December 1823
- Place of birth Ref: *1
- Madras, India
- Date of death Ref: *1
- 29th April 1899
- Place of death Ref: *1
- Bath, Somerset
- Obituary Ref: *4
The Times (London, England), Monday, May 01, 1899; pg. 12
- Family details Ref: *3
Eldest son of Sir John Russell Ardagh; married Frances Jane Proctor (1857); children Winifred Mary; Alice Lamphier; Una Frances; George Hutchings (1861); Walter Arthur (1868); Russell Drapes; Edith Harriet; Janet Prudence.
Notes
* Not Draper
* References
- http://search.ancestry.co.uk/
- http://public.oed.com/history-of-the-oed/contributors/biographical-information; https://www.myheritage.com/
- http://www.ebooksread.com/; http://www.mocavo.com/Armorial-Families; http://nl.canadagenweb.org/unknown_wills_winnifredardagh.htm
- http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
