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Herbert Chatley was a civil engineer. In 1907 he wrote the book, The Problems of Flight. After marrying in 1907 he went to China as Professor of Civil Engineering at Tangshan. In 1915 he moved to Shanghai and held engineering appointments there until his retirement in 1937. On the outbreak of the Second World War he was employed by the military and involved in the preparation of Mulberry Harbour. In China he became interested in astronomy and became an authority on Chinese astronomy publishing several articles.

Charles Watkin Williams Wynn was President of Royal Asiatic Society from 1823-1841.

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Stoddart was a British officer and diplomat. He was born in Ipswich and educated at Norwich School and later commissioned into the Royal Staff Corps from Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1823. He served under Mr Ellis, and Sir J. McNeill, ambassadors in Tehran and played a part in the release of Herat from siege in 1838. From Herat he was sent to Bukhara but was imprisoned by the Emir Nasrullah Khan. In 1941 Captain Conolly tried to secure his release but instead both were beheaded on 17 June 1942