| Dates: | 1841, 24 August - 1901, 2 September | | Born: | India, Ootacamund (?) | | Died: | India, Madras |
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John Falconer, British Library
A Biographical Dictionary of 19th Century Photographers in South and South-East Asia |
Commercial, India
Son of Frederick Wright Hands (Madras Army) and Agnes; baptised at St Stephen’s, Ootacamund, 30 Sep 1841; Madras Army 1859-80; married Lucy (b. 1846; d. 1931), 1 Nov 1865; two sons: Hugh Lonsdale (b. 26 Sep 1867), Frederick Walter (b. 1 Aug 1869; d. 6 Jul 1871).
Photographic studio, 5 Police Commissioner's Road, Madras 1884-1901.
[IOR/L/MIL/9/250/f.622].
Is this the same as the photographer who signs his work ‘H. Hands C.P’. Probably not.
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