Arthur Lillie (24 February 1831 – 28 November 1911), was a Buddhist, soldier in the British Indian Army, and a writer.
Lillie, christened as George Arthur Howard, was the youngest son of Sir John Scott Lillie and his wife Louisa, born at North End, Fulham.
[3][4][5] Lillie appears to have written the original rule book for a Scottish croquet tournament, which, if so, continues to be his best-received work.
In Buddhism in Christendom Or Jesus the Essene he wrote He was critical of the claims of Helena Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society.
He remained a bachelor and, when in England, shared a household, first with his widowed aunt, Alicia Bunbury, and then with his unmarried sister, Louisa.