Henry Ravenshaw Thuillier

Colonel Sir Henry Ravenshaw Thuillier, KCIE, (1838-1922) was Surveyor General of India, 1887-95.

Thuillier was the son of Henry Edward Landor Thuillier, also Surveyor General of India. His mother was Susanne Elizabeth Thuillier (died 1844), daughter of the reverend Haydon Cardew of Curry Mallet, Somerset.

He joined the Royal Engineers, and spent most of his career in India. He was Surveyor General of India 1887-95, and was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) on his retirement that year.

Thuillier married, in 1867, Emmeline Williams, daughter of Fleetwood Williams, CSI. His son was Major General Sir Henry Fleetwood Thuillier, KCB, CMG.

Selected publications

 * Report on the explorations of Lama Serapa Gyatsho 1856- 68, explorer K.P. 1880-84, Lama U.G. 1883, explorer R.N. 1885-86, explorer P.A. 1885-86, in Sikkim, Bhutan, and Tibet. 1889