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Elliot Colvin (died 1940)

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Sir Elliot Graham Colvin

Sir Elliot Graham Colvin, KCSI (1861–1940) was a British administrator in India. A member of the Indian Civil Service, he served in the Political Department of the Government of India.

Life and career

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Elliot Colvin was born on 18 July 1861, the son of Bazett Colvin, ICS.[1][2][3] He was educated at Charterhouse, where he was a scholar and an exhibitioner, and King’s College, Cambridge.[1][4]

Colvin joined the Indian Civil Service in 1882.[1][4][5] He was an assistant magistrate in the Bengal in 1883, then joined the Political Department in 1884 as an assistant. In 1887, he became private secretary to the Governor of Bengal.[1]

He was listed in the India Office List (1911) as agent to the Governor General, Rajputana in 1882.[6]

Family

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He married Ethel Augusta on 7 December 1889 at St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta (now Kolkata).[7]

Honours

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C.S.I. 1906.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Sir Elliot Colvin". The Times. 3 August 1940. p. 6.
  2. ^ Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  3. ^ "1939 England and Wales Register". The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Kew, Surrey. 1939. Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via ancestry.co.uk.
  4. ^ a b c Burke, Sir Bernard; Burke, Ashworth Peter (1910). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage. Harrison. p. 2051.
  5. ^ Webb, Sidney (1992). "8. India". The Webbs in Asia: The 1911–12 Travel Diary. Springer. p. 354. ISBN 978-1-349-12328-5.
  6. ^ UK, Registers of Employees of the East India Company and the India Office, 1746-1939. London. 1911. p. 10.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Axon, Ernest (1894). Family of Bayley of Manchester and Hope. R. Gill. p. 36.
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