Some commanders were police officers, former civil administrators, or tea planters.
His family were tea planters, descended from Dutch burghers who had settled there in 1636.
He was an tea planter in India from 1911 through 1915.
He went on to become a tea planter in India, where he drowned trying to save the life of a friend.
Most of the remaining British tea planters left during this time.
His "discovery" was soon followed by tea planters and Chinese vegetable growers.
They were followed by tea planters and vegetable growers who found the climate to be suitable for the growing of their crops.
The Alpine Hotel dates from 1914 and was built as a home of a British tea planter.
By contrast, many private individuals such as tea planters did their best to provide aid.
His father was a tea planter in Kerala and his mother was a teacher.