Author talk:William Ninnis Porter

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Census
NAME:	William Ninnis Porter AGE IN 1911:	60 RELATION TO HEAD:	Head GENDER:	Male BIRTH PLACE:	Calcutta, India CIVIL PARISH:	Hove COUNTY/ISLAND:	Sussex COUNTRY:	England STREET ADDRESS:	46 Wilbury Road Hove MARITAL STATUS:	Married OCCUPATION:	Indian Civilian Retired REGISTRATION DISTRICT:	Steyning REGISTRATION DISTRICT NUMBER:	80 SUB-REGISTRATION DISTRICT:	Hove ED, INSTITUTION, OR VESSEL:	8 HOUSEHOLD SCHEDULE NUMBER:	206 PIECE:	5182 HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS NAME	AGE William Ninnis Porter	60 Lydia Sophia Porter	49 Annie Stevens	46 Edith Sarah Maxwell	27 William Porter	13
 * 1911 England

Alumni Cantabrigiensis
Name:	William Ninnis Porter College:	CAIUS Entered:	Michs. 1869 Died:	23 Mar 1929 More Information:	Adm. pens. at CAIUS, Oct. 1, 1869. S. of Capt. William, marine assistant Commissioner, of Akyab, Arracan, India. B. [Mar. 11], 1849, in Calcutta. Schools, Regent's Park College and Thom Park, Teignmouth. Matric. Michs. 1869. Entered the Burma Civil Service, 1870; District Superintendent of Police, 1880; Assistant Commissioner, Upper Burma, 1886; Deputy Commissioner, 1890; Commissioner of Division, 1902. Served as Political Officer, 3rd Burma War, 1885-93 (despatches, thanks of Governor-General of India in Council). C.I.E., 1904. Retired, 1905. Major, Indian Auxiliary Forces. V.D., 1903. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Major, R. Sussex Regt.; President of Central Quartering Committee; wounded at Loos, 1915; mentioned in despatches). Invalided from the Army, 1919 (aged 69), on account of ill-health caused by wounds. Married Lydia Sophia, dau. of Alfred Woodward, of London, and had issue. Resided latterly at Hove, where he died Mar. 23, 1929. (Venn, II. 390; I.C.S. Lists; Univ. War List; Who was Who; The Times, Mar. 26, 1929.)