PHAYRE

Sir Arthur Purves (son of Richard Phayre). b. Shrews bury 7 May 1812; educ. Shrews bury school; cadet Bengal army 13 Aug. 1828; ensign 7 Bengal N.I. 3 June 1829, major 10 Jany. 1855 to 1859; captain and comr. of Arakan 1849–52; comr. of Pegu in Lower Burma 1852–62; sent on a special mi ion to the king of Ava at Burma 1855; chief comr. of British Burma 1862–7; lieut. col. Bengal staff corps 22 Jany. 1859; governor of Mauritius 14 Nov. 1874 to Dec. 1878; C.B. 31 March 1863; G.C.M.C. 24 Jany. 1878; author of Coins of Arakan, of Pegu, and of Burma 1882; History of Burma 1883. d. Bray, near Dublin 14 Dec. 1885. bur. Enniskerry, memorial statue in Rangoon and portrait by sir Thomas Jones in coffee-room of East India united service club, St. James’ sq. London. Proc. of Royal Geog. Soc. vii 103–12 (1886); H. Yule’s Narrative of the mi ion to the court of Ava , Calcutta (1856); A. Fytche’s Burma i 184, ii 220–3, 247 etc. (1878).