Colvin, Elliot Graham, Sir, 1861-1940, Knight, colonial administrator

1882-1918 Indian Civil Service; 1883 Assistant Magistrate, Bengal; 1885 Political Assistant, Rajputana; 1887 Private Secretary to Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal; 1889 First Assistant Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan; 1891 Settlement Officer, Saran and Champaran; 1895 Magistrate and Collector, Champaran; 1896 Settlement Commissioner, Alwar and Bharatpur; 1897 Political Agent, Eastern Rajputana States, Revenue and Judicial Commissioner, Baluchistan; 1901 General Superintendent, Thagi and Dakaiti; 1902 Resident in Kashmir; 1905-1917 Agent to the Governor General in Rajputana, and Chief Commissioner, Ajmer-Merwara; 1920-1924 British Delegate on the Inter-Allied Commission, Bulgaria; 1926-1930 British Delegate Inter-Allied Commission for Assessment of Damages suffered in Turkey.

Epithet: colonial administrator

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