Manmath Mallik was born in
Calcutta, India, into a branch of the Basu Mallik family. He was the second son of Jaygopal Basu Mallik, and Krishabhabini Dasi Dutta. Having left India in 1871 for
Christ's College, Cambridge, Manmath was
called to the bar in 1875. Mallik was defeated as the main challenger and the
Liberal candidate for
St George's Hanover Square in 1906; then for the
Uxbridge county-division seat in the second election of 1910. His social clubs were in four cities: National Liberal in London; Scottish Liberal, Edinburgh; Calcutta, Calcutta; Tokyo, Tokyo. Despite the family home being 12 Wellington Square, his main address is given as 241 Lower Circular Road, Calcutta; his probate also gives Nikko, Japan and Middle Temple. ==Family==