Charles Crosthwaite

Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite KCSI (5 December 1835, Dublin – 28 May 1915, Shamley Green[1]) served as Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma from March 1887 to December 1890.

Sir

Charles Hawkes Todd Crosthwaite

KCSI
Chief Commissioner of Burma
In office
12 March 1887 – 10 December 1890
Preceded byCharles Edward Bernard
Succeeded byAlexander Mackenzie
Chief Commissioner of Burma
In office
2 March 1883 – 25 September 1886
Preceded byCharles Edward Bernard
Succeeded byCharles Edward Bernard
Personal details
BornDec 25 1835
Died1915 (1916) (aged 80)
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)Dame Caroline Alison Lushington
RelationsSon of Rev. John Clarke Crostwaite
ChildrenGertrude Elizabeth Crosthwaite; Elaine Nelson Crosthwaite; Captain John Graham Crosthwaite; Henry Robert Crosthaite; Frederick Douglas Crosthwaite; Evelyn Alison Cheape Crosthwaite
Alma materMerchant Taylors' School St John's College Oxford
OccupationAdministrator

Early life

He was born in Dublin, educated at Merchant Taylors' School.[2] and St John's College, Oxford.[3]

Career

Crosthwaite entered into the Bengal Civil Service 1857 and served chiefly in the N.W.P. He was Chief Commissioner of British Burma from 1883 to 1884; then Chief Commissioner of Central Provinces from 1885 to 1886.[4] From 1887 to 1890 Sir Charles Hawkes Todd Crosthwaite was Chief Commissioner of Burma. He was then a Member of the Governor-General's Supreme Council from 1890 to 1895; and Lieutenant Governor of N.W.P and Oudh.[5] He was a member of the Council of India from 1895 to 1905.[6]

Titles
  • 1835–1887: Charles Hawkes Todd Crosthwaite
  • 1887–1888: Charles Hawkes Todd Crosthwaite, CSI
  • 1888–1915: Sir Charles Hawkes Todd Crosthwaite, KCSI[7]

Works
  • "India: Past, Present, and Future" . The Empire and the century. London: John Murray. 1905. pp. 621–650.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References
  1. Death Of Sir Charles Crosthwaite. The Times (London, England), Monday, May 31, 1915; pg. 8; Issue 40868
  2. Minchin, J. C. G., Our public schools, their influence on English history; Charter house, Eton, Harrow, Merchant Taylors', Rugby, St. Paul's Westminster, Winchester (London, 1901), p. 195.
  3. "Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886; their parentage, birthplace and year of birth, with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the University" Foster,J (Ed) Vol I p322 Oxford, Parker & Co,1888
  4. ‘CROSTHWAITE, Sir Charles Haukes Todd’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 5 Feb 2017
  5. Katherine Prior, ‘Crosthwaite, Sir Charles Haukes Todd (1835–1915)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 5 Feb 2017
  6. Buckland, Charles Edward, "Dictionary of Indian Biography", p.100, https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft
  7. On line books
Preceded by
Sir Charles Edward Bernard		 Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma
1883–1886		 Succeeded by
Sir Charles Edward Bernard
Preceded by
Sir Charles Edward Bernard		 Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma
1887–1890		 Succeeded by
Alexander Mackenzie



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