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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Elliott    
First Name(s)  Charles Alfred    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1835    
Entry  I.C.S. : son of the Rev. H. V. Elliott of Brighton : born Dec. 1835 : educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge : after open competition, arrived in India in Nov. 1856 : served in the N.W.P., Oudh and Central Provinces : was Secretary to the N.W.P. Government, 1870-7 : Famine Commissioner, Mysore, 1877 : C.S.I. , 1878 : Secretary to the Famine Commission (Sir Richard Strachey's), 1878 : Census Commissioner, 1880 : Chief Commissioner of Assam, 1881 : President of the Committee for the retrenchment of public expenditure, 1886 : Member of the Supreme Council, 1887-90 : Lieutenant- Governor of Bengal, 1890-5. He wrote the Chronicles of Unao, the Reports of the Mysore famine, and of the Famine, and Finance Commissions. Since his retirement, in 1895, he has been Finance Member of the London School Board, and Member of the Educational Committee of the London County Council. Throughout his career, Sir Charles Elliott has laboured with great energy and ability in his various charges, and made a reputation as an expert in Settlement, Famine, Finance, and Education.     
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