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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. .  his duties, June 1908; P.M.O., Burma, 1911; Retd. 1913.  Snow, Philip Chichelay Hyde, C.I.E. (1898), Municipal Commissioner, Bombay (retired); s. of Thomas Mortland Snow; b. 1853; educ: at Haileybury College, and Merton College, Oxford; called to Bar (Lincoln’s Inn), 1876; joined I.C.S., 1876; Assistant Commissioner, Delhi, 1876-77; Burma, 1877-81; Assistant Collector and Magistrate, Bombay, 1881-85; Forest Settlement Officer, 1885-94; Junior Collector and Magistrate, 1894-96; Municipal Commissioner, Bombay, 1896-1901; retired, 1901. Address: Cleve House, near Exeter. Club: Sports.  Sohan Lal, Hon’ble Bakshi, Rai Bahadur; elected non-official Member, Legislative Council, Punjab. Address: Lahore, Punjab.  '''Somasundram Chettiar. Hon’ble Pachaiappa Chettiar', Rao Bahadur (1911), Nominated Member, Legislative Council, Madras, since 1913; b'' 1861; joined the family business; became Managing Director of the Spinning and Weaving Company, Ramnad, nominated to Council, 1913. Address: Ramnad, Madras Presidency.  Sorabji, Cornelia, B.A., Legal Adviser to purdanashins, Bengal, since 1904; b. 1866; 5th d. of Rev. Sorabji Kharsedji, a Missionary of the Church Missionary Society, Poona; b. at Nasik, 1866; educ: Victoria High School, Poona; matriculated in the Bombay University; joined the Deccan College, Poona; B.A. (Bombay), 1877; gained a Fellowship in the Gujrat College at Ahmedabad, 1888; lectured on English Literature and Languages; acted as Professor of English in the College; resigned and went over to England; Scholar, Somerville College, Oxford, 1880; studied Law at Lincoln’s Inn; returned to India and applied for permission to be enrolled as Advocate but was refused; appointed Legal Adviser to purdanashins in Bengal, 1904; Awarded K-I-H. medal; 1909. Publications: Love and Life behind the Purdah; Sun-Babies, 1904; Between the Twilights; also many short stories and articles in English Magazines and Reviews. Address: Calcutta, India.  Souter, William Lochiel Berkeley, C.I.E., (1910); s. of late Sir Frank Henry Souter; b. 1865; educ: at Cheltenham College; joined the Indian Police service, 1885; Superintendent of Police, Bombay, 1891; Deputv Inspector General, ]906; Offg. Deputy Director, Criminal Intelligence Department, India, 1907. Address: Police Office, Bombay. Club: East India United Service, Byculla and Royal Bombay Yacht.  Spence, H., Inspector-General of Police, Central Provinces; joined service as Assistant Superintendent, 1884; became Superintendent, 1891; Personal Assistant to the Inspector-General, 1905; Deputy Inspector-General, 1912; Inspector-General of Police, 1913; Member, Legislative Council, Central Provinces. Address: Nagpur, Central Provinces.  Spence, James Knox, C.S.I., (1898); s. of late General J. K. Spence, I.C.S.; b. 1844; educ: Cheltenham<section end="Spence, James Knox"/> 407