1886 entered the Indian Civil Service, posted to the Central Provinces; 1888 assistant to the Nagpur commissioner of settlements and agriculture; 1894-1900 seconded to the Central Provinces' secretariat; 1896-1897 and 1899-1901 in charge of Central Provinces' famine operations; 1895 second secretary to the chief commissioner of the Central Provinces; 1900 chief secretary to the chief commissioner of the Central Provinces; 1902 commissioner, CSI; 1907 chief commissioner; 1911 KCSI; 1912 home member of the government of India; 1917-1922 lieutenant-governor of Burma; 1923 GCIE, chairman of the Indian Civil Service (Retired) Association; 1923-1924 member of the royal commission into the superior civil services in India; 1931-1937 MP for Combined English Universities.
Epithet: administrator in India and Burma
Title: Knight
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x0001ce
