Arthur Kenney-Herbert was a cavalry officer who served in India during the British Raj.
He founded a cookery schoo.
When he retired to England at the rank of colonel, Wyvern built on his reputation as a culinary authority.
The book was a huge success, and made Wyvern famous in colonial India.
Using the pen name "Wyvern", he wrote Culinary Jottings For Madras in which he gives instructions to British memsahibs on how to manage their servants, give refined dinners, and make Anglo-Indian curries.
Arthur Kenney-Herbert was a cavalry officer who served in India during the British Raj