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SIR HARCOURT (SPENCER)
BUTLER
First Governor of
UP
G.C.S.I.,
G.C.I.E., C.S.I., C.I.E., I.C.S., Hon. D.C.L. (Oxon); D. Litt. D.L., F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A.,
F.R.A.S., F.Z.S., Knight of Justice, St.
John of Jerusalem.
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| Born on Ist August,
1869. Married Florence in 1894. Educated at
Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford. Entered I.C.S., 1890 |
Term of Office |
| 03-01-1921 |
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21-12-1922 |
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| Served in India as Assistant Collector
and Magistrate; Junior Secretary, Board of Revenue;
Settlement Officer; Secretary
to Famine Commission; Finance Secretary and Judicial Secretary to Government, U.P. ;
Deputy Commissioner, Lucknow; Foreign Secretary to the Government of India ; Member of the
Executive Council of the Governor-General; Lt.-Governor of Burma, 1915-17; Lt.-Governor of
U.P. of Agra and Oudh, 1918; Governor of U.P., 1921-22; Governor of Burma, 1923-27;
Chairman Indian States Committee, 1928. Director National Provincial Bank P. and O
Company. Publication : India Insistent, 1931.
Died on 2nd March, 1938. |
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