Summary
Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite KCSI (5 December 1835, Dublin – 28 May 1915[1]) served as Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma from March 1887 to December 1890.
Sir Charles Crosthwaite | |
|---|---|
| Chief Commissioner of Burma | |
| In office 12 March 1887 – 10 December 1890 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Edward Bernard |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Mackenzie |
| Chief Commissioner of Burma | |
| In office 2 March 1883 – 25 September 1886 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Edward Bernard |
| Succeeded by | Charles Edward Bernard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 December 1835 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 28 May 1915 (aged 79) Shamley Green, Surrey, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | Dame Caroline Alison Lushington |
| Relations | Son of Rev. John Clarke Crostwaite |
| Children | Gertrude Elizabeth Crosthwaite; Elaine Nelson Crosthwaite; Captain John Graham Crosthwaite; Henry Robert Crosthaite; Frederick Douglas Crosthwaite; Evelyn Alison Cheape Crosthwaite |
| Alma mater | Merchant Taylors' School St John's College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Administrator |
Early life edit
He was born in Dublin, educated at Merchant Taylors' School.[2] and St John's College, Oxford.[3]
Career edit
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 edit
- 1835–1887: Charles Hawkes Todd Crosthwaite
- 1887–1888: Charles Hawkes Todd Crosthwaite, CSI
- 1888–1915: Sir Charles Hawkes Todd Crosthwaite, KCSI[7]
Publications edit
- The Pacification of Burma
Works edit
- . The Empire and the century. London: John Murray. 1905. pp. 621–650.
References edit
- ^ Death Of Sir Charles Crosthwaite. The Times (London, England), Monday, May 31, 1915; pg. 8; Issue 40868
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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
- ^ ‘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
- ^ Katherine Prior, ‘Crosthwaite, Sir Charles Haukes Todd (1835–1915)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 5 Feb 2017
- ^ Buckland, Charles Edward, "Dictionary of Indian Biography", p.100, https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft
- ^ "Crosthwaite, Charles Haukes Todd, Sir, 1835-1915 | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
External links edit
Charles Crosthwaite
- "Myanmar".
- "Crosthwaite, Sir Charles Haukes Todd (1835–1915), administrator in India and Burma". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32646. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)