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 Career Information of Bombay Civil Servants - 1798-1858

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Date transcribed2025-05-12
Transcribed byAlan Goodchild, Sandra Seager
CommentBiographical Career Histories of Bombay Civil Servants 1798-1858. Transcribed from copies held by the British Library [IOR/O/6/32 to 35]

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View all other items of "Surname" with value "Frere" in "Career Information of Bombay Civil Servants - 1798-1858" Surname  Frere    
First names  Henry Bartle Edward    
Title  Sir, Bart, GCB, GCSI    
Service Start Date  1833    
Career History  1833 Writer ; 1835 Asst to Principal Collector Poona, afterwards Asst to Revenue Commissioner Bombay ; 1839 Depy Register to Sudder Dewannee and Sudder Foujdarry Adawlut ; 1840 Asst to Revenue Commissioner Bombay ; 1842 Private Secy to Governor (Sir George Arthur) ; 1845 Proceeded on furlough ; 1847 Returned to India, 1st Asst to Collector and Magistrate Sholapore ; 1848 Resident at Sattara ; 1849 Commissioner of Sattara ; 1850 Chief Commissioner of Sindh ; 1859 Made 20 May a Knight Commander of the Bath, Appointed 21 Dec a Member of Council of the Governor General of India ; 1862 Appointed 24 April Governor of Bombay and elected Chanceller of the University (Became an Annuitant on the Fund in this year) ; 1866 Made 12 Feb a GCSI, Appointed 12 Nov, A Member of Council of the Secy of State for India ; 1867 Left Bombay 6 Mar to take up his appointment in England ; 1872 Appointed 7 Nov by HMs Govt Special Commissioner to the Sultans of Zanzibar and Muscat ; 1873 Returned to England 12 Jun. Sworn a Priceg? Councillor 4 Aug ; 1874 Made 16 June an LLD of Cambridge ; 1875-76 Accompanied HRH the Prince of Wales on his Indian Tour. Made 17 May 1876 a GCB and a Baronet on the 17 May 1877. Appointed 5 March Governor and Commander in Chief of the Cape of Good Hope and HMs High Commissioner for South Africa. Died 29 May 1884 at Wimbledon?    
Date of Death  29 May 1884    
Place  Wimbledon?    
Internal ref  20250327_104247    
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[IOR/O/6/32-35] Bombay Civil Servants 1750-1858. A compilation in four volumes made in the India Office c.1880: O/6/32 Bombay Civilians A-C / O/6/33 Bombay Civilians D-I / O/6/34 Bombay Civilians J-P & O/6/35 Bombay Civilians R-Y. It is based upon: Lists of Bombay Civilians in Bombay Public Proceedings [IOR : P] and Alphabetical List of Bombay Civil Servants 1798-1839. Dodwell and Miles, London 1839.
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