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.

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 from 1892 to 1895.[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]

Publications

  • The Pacification of Burma

Works

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. ^ "Crosthwaite, Charles Haukes Todd, Sir, 1835-1915 | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
Preceded by Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma
1883–1886 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma
1887–1890 		Succeeded by


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