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 Madras Civil Servants A to E

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Date transcribed2010-07-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
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  Birch    
First Name(s)  Sylvester Douglas    
Appointment as Writer  1830    
Summary of Service  1830: Writer. 1833: Doing duty under the Collector of Chingleput. 1834: Assistant to Collector and Magistrate, Chingleput. 1835: Assistant to Principal Collector and Magistrate, Tanjore. 1838: Acting Cashier at Government Bank, and Assistant to Sub-Treasurer, 1841: Commissioner for Government Lotteries, and Acting Sub-Treasurer and Superintendent and Treasurer of Government Bank. 1843: Secretary and Treasurer of the Bank of Madras. 1845: Acting Sub-Treasurer, Director of the Bank of Madras, and Acting Member and Secretary to the mint Committee. 1847: Head and Special Assistant to the Accountant-General. 1848: Sub-Collector and Joint Magistrate, North Arcot. 1849: Sub-Treasurer and Member of the Mint Committee, and Director of the Incorporated Bank of Madras. 1859: Accountant-General at Bombay; President of the Mint Committee; and Government Director of the Bank of Bombay. 1865: Resigned the service, 18th February. (Annuitant on the Fund, 1865) Died, 4th February, 1881, in England.    
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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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