Person Walker; James Thomas (1826 - 1896) Walker James Thomas 1826 - 1896 British Male Cannanore, India 01 December 1826 13 Cromwell Road, London 16 February 1896 Burial: Brompton Cemetery, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Detiradoon, India (1865)

Education: East India College, Addiscombe Career: Received a commission in the Bombay Engineers (1844); went to India (1846); surveyed the northern frontier (1849-1853); Lieutenant (1853); Assistant, Trigonometrical Survey of India under Sir Andrew Scott Waugh (FRS 1858) (1853-1860); served and severely wounded in the Indian Mutiny; Major (1858); Superintendent of the Trigonometrical Survey of India (1861-1883); Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Engineers; Surveyor General of India (1878-1883); Major General (1878); General (1884) Honours: CB 1877 Eldest son of John Walker of the Madras Civil Service and his wife Margaret Allen of Edinburgh; married (1854) Alice, daughter of Sir John Scott, general Fellow 01/06/1865 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1895-1896 vol 59 pp xliii-xlvi signed by C R M Notes: The Qualifications section of the election certificate (ie the citiation) is blank International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1 Dec 1826 - 16 Feb 1896 NA6271 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 02/04/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/27367895 8f4527d7-ce50-4d28-9670-46778fc0ffb0