Charles Crosthwaite

Sir Charles 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	(1835-12-25)25 December 1835 Dublin, Ireland
Died	28 May 1915(1915-05-28) (aged 79) Shamley Green, Surrey, England
Nationality	British
Spouse	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 Haukes Todd Crosthwaite KCSI (5 December 1835, Dublin – 28 May 1915[1]) served as Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma from March 1887 to December 1890.

Early life

He was born in Dublin, educated at Merchant Taylors' School.[2] and St John's College, Oxford.[3]

Career

Crosthwaite entered into the Bengal Civil Service 1857 and served chiefly in the N.W.P. He was Chief Commissioner of British Burma from 1883 to 1884; then Chief Commissioner of Central Provinces from 1885 to 1886.[4] 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 from 1890 to 1895; and Lieutenant Governor of N.W.P and Oudh from 1892 to 1895.[5] He was a member of the Council of India from 1895 to 1905.[6]

Titles

• 1835–1887: Charles Hawkes Todd Crosthwaite
• 1887–1888: Charles Hawkes Todd Crosthwaite, CSI
• 1888–1915: Sir Charles Hawkes Todd Crosthwaite, KCSI[7]

Publications

• The Pacification of Burma

Works

• "India: Past, Present, and Future" . The Empire and the century. London: John Murray. 1905. pp. 621–650.

References

1. Death Of Sir Charles Crosthwaite. The Times (London, England), Monday, May 31, 1915; pg. 8; Issue 40868
2. 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.
3. "Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886; their parentage, birthplace and year of birth, with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the University" Foster, J (Ed) Vol I p322 Oxford, Parker & Co,1888
4. ‘CROSTHWAITE, Sir Charles Haukes Todd’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 5 Feb 2017
5. Katherine Prior, ‘Crosthwaite, Sir Charles Haukes Todd (1835–1915)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 5 Feb 2017
6. Buckland, Charles Edward, "Dictionary of Indian Biography", p.100, https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft
7. "Crosthwaite, Charles Haukes Todd, Sir, 1835-1915 | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.

External links

• "Myanmar".
• "Crosthwaite, Sir Charles Haukes Todd (1835–1915), administrator in India and Burma". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32646. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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