Arthur Grote
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Arthur Grote was an English colonial administrator.
in Kent
, England
. He was the son of George Grote (1760–1830), a London
banker, and Selina Peckwell (1775-1845) who was the daughter of the Rev. Dr Henry Peckwell
(1747-1787) and Bella Blosset of Co. Meath, from a well-connected Huguenot family. His elder brother George Grote
(1794–1871) became a distinguished politician and historian of Greece.
He was educated at Haileybury College, and entered the Bengal Civil Service in 1834. Grote was a civil servant employed in Bengal
from 1834 to 1868. He was commissioner and member of the Board of Revenue, Calcutta, 1861–8 and president of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1859–62 and 1865.
He held the offices of Chairman of Revenue Board of Bengal, and President of the Royal Agricultural Society of India, and of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. On his return to England in 1868, he became a prominent member of the Linnean Society of London
and Royal Asiatic Society, and wrote many papers on Natural History subjects. Mr. Grote was elected a member of the Society of Arts in 1886.
He died on 4 December 1886 at his house in Ovington Square. One of his portraits, painted by Knight, is in the collection of the Asiatic Society, Kolkata
.
Life
He was born on 29 November 1814 at BeckenhamBeckenham
Beckenham is a town in the London Borough of Bromley, England. It is located 8.4 miles south east of Charing Cross and 1.75 miles west of Bromley town...
in Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. He was the son of George Grote (1760–1830), a London
London
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banker, and Selina Peckwell (1775-1845) who was the daughter of the Rev. Dr Henry Peckwell
Henry Peckwell
Henry Peckwell was an English clergyman of Methodist views.-Life:He was the son of Henry Peckwell of Chichester. About 1764 he entered the house of an Italian silk merchant in London, with the intention of representing the firm in Italy...
(1747-1787) and Bella Blosset of Co. Meath, from a well-connected Huguenot family. His elder brother George Grote
George Grote
George Grote was an English classical historian, best known in the field for a major work, the voluminous History of Greece, still read.-Early life:He was born at Clay Hill near Beckenham in Kent...
(1794–1871) became a distinguished politician and historian of Greece.
He was educated at Haileybury College, and entered the Bengal Civil Service in 1834. Grote was a civil servant employed in Bengal
Bengal
Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...
from 1834 to 1868. He was commissioner and member of the Board of Revenue, Calcutta, 1861–8 and president of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1859–62 and 1865.
He held the offices of Chairman of Revenue Board of Bengal, and President of the Royal Agricultural Society of India, and of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. On his return to England in 1868, he became a prominent member of the Linnean Society of London
Linnean Society of London
The Linnean Society of London is the world's premier society for the study and dissemination of taxonomy and natural history. It publishes a zoological journal, as well as botanical and biological journals...
and Royal Asiatic Society, and wrote many papers on Natural History subjects. Mr. Grote was elected a member of the Society of Arts in 1886.
He died on 4 December 1886 at his house in Ovington Square. One of his portraits, painted by Knight, is in the collection of the Asiatic Society, Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
.