Sir Elliot Graham Colvin

Sir Elliot Graham Colvin, KCSI (1861–1940) was a civil servant in the British Indian government.

Early life

Elliot Colvin was born on 18 July 1861.[1][2]

He was educated at Charter House and King’s College, Cambridge.[3]

Career

Colvin joined the Indian Civil Service in the early 1880s.[3][4] He was listed in the India Office List (1911) as agent to the Governor General, Rajputana in 1882.[5]

Family

He married Ethel Augusta on 7 December 1889 at St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta (now Kolkata).[6]

Honours

C.S.I. 1906.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "1939 England and Wales Register". The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Kew, Surrey. 1939. Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via ancestry.co.uk.
  2. ↑ Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Burke, Sir Bernard; Burke, Ashworth Peter (1910). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage. Harrison. p. 2051.
  4. ↑ Webb, Sidney (1992). "8. India". The Webbs in Asia: The 1911–12 Travel Diary. Springer. p. 354. ISBN 978-1-349-12328-5.
  5. ↑ UK, Registers of Employees of the East India Company and the India Office, 1746-1939. London. 1911. p. 10.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ↑ Axon, Ernest (1894). Family of Bayley of Manchester and Hope. R. Gill. p. 36.


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