Charles Crosthwaite

Sir
Charles Hawkes Todd Crosthwaite
KCSI
Chief Commissioner of Burma
In office
12 March 1887 – 10 December 1890
Preceded by Charles Edward Bernard
Succeeded by Alexander Mackenzie
Chief Commissioner of Burma
In office
2 March 1883 – 25 September 1886
Preceded by Charles Edward Bernard
Succeeded by Charles Edward Bernard
Personal details
Born Dec 25 1835
Died 1915 (1916) (aged 80)
Nationality British
Spouse(s) Dame Caroline Alison Lushington
Relations Son of Rev. John Clarke Crostwaite
Children Gertrude Elizabeth Crosthwaite; Elaine Nelson Crosthwaite; Captain John Graham Crosthwaite; Henry Robert Crosthaite; Frederick Douglas Crosthwaite; Evelyn Alison Cheape Crosthwaite
Alma mater

Merchant Taylors' School

St John's College Oxford
Occupation Administrator

Sir Charles Hawkes Todd Crosthwaite KCSI (1835–1915) served as Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma from March 1887 to December 1890. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School.[1] and St John's College, Oxford. Entered into the Bengal Civil Service 1857 and served chiefly in the N.W.P. Was Chief Commissioner of British Burma 1883 - 1884; then Chief Commissioner of Central Provinces 1885 - 1886. 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 1890-1891 and 1892, and then from 1892-1895 Lieutenant-Governor of N.W.P and Qudh. A member of the Council of India 1895-1905.]][2]

Titles


Preceded by
Sir Charles Edward Bernard		 Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma
1883–1886 		Succeeded by
Sir Charles Edward Bernard
Preceded by
Sir Charles Edward Bernard		 Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma
1887–1890 		Succeeded by
Alexander Mackenzie

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Buckland, Charles Edward, "Dictionary of Indian Biography", p.100, https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft


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