Temple, Richard Carnac, Sir, 1850-1931

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Epithet: Lieutenant, Bengal Staff Corps

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1871 ensign, Royal Scots Fusiliers; 1871 lieutenant; 1877-1904 transferred to the Indian army, 38th Dogras and 1st Gurkhas; 1879 cantonment magistrate, Punjab; 1883 captain; 1887 placed in charge of Thibaw's capital; 1887 assistant commissioner and cantonment magistrate, Mandalay; 1888 deputy magistrate; 1890 special duty for the government of India (Code of Cantonment Regulations, reported on local taxation and railways); 1891 president of the municipality and port commissioner, Rangoon; 1894 chief-commissioner, Andaman and Nicobar islands; 1894 superintendent, penal settlement at Port Blair; 1894 CIE; 1897 lieutenant-colonel; 1916 CB; 1927 bailiff grand cross of the order of St John of Jerusalem; honourary vice-president, Royal Asiatic Society; 1894 president, Jubilee Congress, Folklore Society.

Epithet: army officer and oriental scholar

Title: 2nd Baronet

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Birth 1850-10-15

Death 1931

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