William Ouseley ( 1767 - 1842 )

Birth: Monmouthshire, England (01 January 1767) Death: Boulogne, France (31 September 1842) Education: Educated privately Career: Became a cornet in the 8th Dragoons (1788); sold out (1794); took up oriental and especially Persian studies, in Leyden; gazetted Major in Lord Ayr's regiment of dragoons, Carlisle (left 1796); accompanied Sir Gore Ouseley as his private secretary, on a mission to Persia (1810-1813) Membership: Candidate.