The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Churchill, Sidney John Alexander
CHURCHILL, Sidney John Alexander, M.V.O. 1906; Consul, Naples: b. 1862; s. of late Henry Adrian Churchill, C. B.; m. 1908 Stella, y.d. of George Myers; entered service of Government of India, 1880, in the Persian Telegraph Dept; Oriental 2nd Sec. Legation of Teheran, 1886; in attendance on the Shah of Persia during his visit to England, 1889; Consul for Dutch and French Guianas, 1894; transferred to Palermo for the Island of Sicily, 1898; in charge of the Consulate of Naples, 1 July - 6 Oct. 1900. Publications: Monograph on the present condition of the Persian Carpet Industry in the great Oriental Carpet Book, published by the Austrian Ministry of Commerce and Public Instruction; various monographs in the Royal Asiatic Society’s Journal; Bibliografia Celliniana (Florence Olschki, 1907); The Goldsmiths of Rome under the Papal Authority (in Papers of the British School at Rome, 1907). Recreations: from 1880-94 collected Persian, Arabic, Turkish and Hebrew MSS. for the British Museum, vol. iv. of the Persian Catalogue of MSS. being almost entirely devoted to the Churchill MSS; under the late Gen. Sir R. M. Smith, R.E., K.C.M.G. collected art objects for the South Kensington Museum in Persia; is now engaged on researches for a history of gold and silver work in Italy, and especially the two Sicilies. Address: British Consulate Naples T.A.; Palazzo Capomazza, Arco Mirelli, Naples.