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Census

1911 England

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

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.)