Alan Holme Explained

Alan Thomas Holme CIE (1872  - 9 July 1931) was a British administrator in India.

Holme was born in Naples and was educated at the International School in Naples, Bedford School, Clifton College,[1] and Trinity College, Cambridge. He joined the Indian Civil Service and was posted to Oudh, where he served as a magistrate, settlement officer, and acting private secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor. He then served as a settlement officer in Rajputana, political agent in the Southern States, British Resident at Udaipur, Chief Commissioner of Ajmer-Merwara, and Officiating Agent to the Governor-General in Rajputana. He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1920 New Year Honours. He retired in 1922.

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  1. "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p154: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948