List of British people in India
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There exist about 1 million of small but recognisable British people living in India who are mostly the ones who stayed after the partition, having British ancestry, foreign students, businessmen, workers, etc. Notable people *Augustus De Morgan * *Diana Rigg *Derek Prince *Hugh Bignell, cricketer *Annie Besant *William Makepeace Thackeray *Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis *Charles James Napier *Barry Hay, vocalist of Golden Earring *Cliff Richard, (born Harry Rodger Webb), singer *Guy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood Wilson, administrator *Rudyard Kipling, poet *Norval Mitchell, author *George Orwell or Eric Arthur Blair, novelist *John Harvey-Jones *George Adam Smith *Vivien Leigh, actress *Julie Christie, actress *Merle Oberon, actress *Gabrielle Drake, actress *Joanna Lumley *Richard Llewellyn *Spike Milligan *John Masters *Mark Tully *Jim Corbett * * (1726-1783), soldier and Commander-in-chief of India * (1760-1823), his nephew, Governor-General of India *Colin Cowdrey *Freddie Mercury *Paddy Ashdown *Kenneth Kendall *Ronald Ross *Neale Cooper, footballer *Percy Brandt, actor *Francis Younghusband, Explorer *Torin Thatcher, actor *Antony Legard, cricketer * * * *Maxmillian Wood, cricketer *Edward Frederick, cricketer * *Richard Ashley, cricketer *Edward Hamilton Aitken, author *Flora Annie Steel, author *Monier Monier-Williams, linguist *Reginald Dyer *Roshan Seth, actor
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