Colvin, Auckland, Sir, 1838-1908

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1858-1879 Indian Civil Service; 1864-1865 under-secretary in the home department of the government of India; 1866-1870 assistant settlement officer in Etawa and Allahabad districts; 1870 secretary to the board of revenue of the government of the North-Western Provinces; 1875-1878 commissioner for excise and inland customs; 1878-1879 head of the cadastral survey of Egypt; 1879 commissioner of the debt; 1880 controller-general of Egypt; 1881 KCMG; 1882-1883 financial adviser to Khedive; 1883-1887 finance member of Viceroy’s Council; 1887-1892 lieutenant-governor of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh; 1892 KCSI; 1896 chairman of the Burma Railways, the Egyptian Delta Railway, and the Khedival Mail Steamship Company.

Epithet: administrator in Egypt and India

Title: Knight

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x000121

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creatorOf FINDLAY CORRESPONDENCE. Vol. I (ff. 194). Letters from Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, including a last letter from his wife, Katherine; 1903-1917. Several of the letters contain as enclosures, letters to Cromer from Sir Eldon Gorst, Sir Reginald ..., 1903-1917 British Library
referencedIn RIPON PAPERS. Vol. CX (ff. 235). Letters from Members of the Viceroy's Council:-(1) Sir John Strachey, G.C.S.I., chiefly as Financial Member; 1880-1905. ff. 1 -51b. (2) Sir Auckland Colvin, K.C.M.G. (K.C.S.1. 1892), Financial Member; 1883-1884. ff. ..., 1880-1905 British Library
referencedIn Miscellaneous papers of Roderick Henry Macleod (b 1854), 1877-1891 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Sir Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken, as Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India 1883-1909, 1883-1909 British Library
referencedIn Papers and diaries of Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert (1841-1924), Legal Member of Council of Governor-General of India 1882-86; President of Governor-General's Council 1886, 1875-1913 British Library
referencedIn Vol. II, M-Z, followed (Vol. II, ff. 179-207b) by some correspondence relating to special cases; 1872-1879.British Museum: Applications, etc., for Reading Room tickets: 1872-1879.: Partly printed.includes:f. 1 Sir William MacCormac, Baronet; surgeon:..., 1872-1879 British Library
referencedIn Grant Duff, Mountstuart Elphinstone, Sir, 1829-1906. Grant Duff Collection, 1852-1916 British Library
referencedIn RIPON PAPERS. Vol. CXI (ff. 202). Correspondence with Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert, K.C.S.I. (G.C.B. 1911), chiefly as Law Member of the Viceroy's Council; 1882-1907.Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert, G C B; Clerk of the House of Commons: G.C.B. 1911...., 1882-1907 British Library
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Kasia, United Provinces
India, Asia
Pondicherry, India
Madras, India
Mysore State, India
Russia, Europe, Asia
Salem, Madras
Travancore State, India
India, Asia
Egypt, Africa
Calcutta, India
Basti, United Provinces
Madras, India
Benares, United Provinces
Cochin State, India
Burma, Asia
Hyderabad State, India
India, Asia
Bombay, India
India, Asia
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Birth 1838-03-08

Death 1908-03-24

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