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 Madras Civil Servants Addendum

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CommentThese are summaries of the Services of Service of Madras Civil Servants entering the Service from 1740 to 1858. Evidently, several of them continued to serve beyond this date.

The data are transcribed from the book compiled by Charles Prinsep published by Truebner & Co in 1885.

Surname  Webster    
First Name(s)  Edmund Foster    
Appointment as Writer  1857    
Summary of Service  (Barrister-At-Law). 1857: Writer. 1858: Student at the College. 1859: Assistant to Collector and Magistrate, Tanjore. 1861: Acting Head Assistant at Tanjore; On medical leave to Euorpe for 2 year and 11 months. 1864: Assistant to Collector and Magistrate, Salem; Acting Head Assistant at Salem, afterwards at Cuddapah. 1865: Head Assistant at Kistna, and at Kurnool; Acting Sub-Collector and Joint Magistrate, Bellary; Head Assistant at Salem; Acting Sub-Collector and Joint Magistrate, Godavari. 1866: Justice of the Peace; Head Assistant, afterwards Acting Sub-Collector, Godavari. 1867: Sub-Collector, Godavari; Acting First Judge of Small Cause Court, Madras; Judge of Small Cause Court, Madura, also at Cuddalore in 1868, afterwards Acting Civil and Sessions Judge at Coimbatore. 1869: Judge of Small Cause Court, Cuddalore; Acting Civil and Sessions Judge, Tinnevelly. 1871: Judge of Small Cause Court, Cuddalore; On furlough to Europe for 14 months, 1873: Acting District and Sessions Judge, Cuddapah; Appointment confirmed; District and Sessions Judge, Trichinopoly. 1878: Collector and Magistrate, and Agent to the Governor at Fort St. George, in Tanjore; on Special Duty as Member of the Famine Committee on Questions of Irrigation. 1879: Resumed Collector and Magistrate, and Agent at Tanjore; On special leave to Europe for 5 months. 1880: Collector and Magistrate, Tanjore. 1881: Acting Secretary to Government, Revenue Department,Secretary to Famine Code Committee. 1882: Resumed Acting Secretary, afterwards Secretary, to Government, Revenue Department; Member of the Forest Draft Bill Committee; Member of Local Self-Government Committee. 1883: Acting Chief Secretary to Government; Additional Member of Council for making Laws and Regulations. 1884: Chief Secretary to Government; Fellow of the Madras University.    
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A list of the Services of Madras Civil Servants from 1740 to 1858 compiled by Charles Prinsep and published in 1885
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