Charles Bernard (civil servant) explained

Honorific-Prefix:Sir
Charles Edward Bernard
Honorific-Suffix:KCSI FRSGS
Office:Chief Commissioner of Burma
Term Start:25 September 1886
Term End:12 March 1887
Predecessor:Charles Crosthwaite
Successor:Charles Crosthwaite
Office2:Chief Commissioner of Burma
Term Start2:2 July 1880
Term End2:2 March 1883
Successor2:Charles Crosthwaite
Birth Date:21 December 1837
Birth Place:Bristol, England
Death Place:Chamonix, France
Nationality:British
Children:8
Alma Mater:Haileybury and Imperial Service College
Occupation:Administrator

Sir Charles Edward Bernard (21 December 1837 – 19 September 1901) was a British colonial administrator.

Biography

Charles Bernard was born in Bristol, England. He was the son of James Fogo Bernard, a medical physician and Marianne Amelia Lawrence, and was educated at Rugby School, Addiscombe, and Haileybury and Imperial Service College. In 1857 he passed into the ICS and was posted to the Punjab. From 1874 to 1877 he was Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces. Three years later came the appointment as Chief Commissioner of Lower Burma from 2 July 1880 to 2 March 1883, followed by the appointment as Chief Commissioner of Burma from 25 September 1886 to 12 March 1887.From 1887 he was back in London as Secretary of the Department of Revenue, Statistics and Commerce, India Office.

In 1862 he married Susan Capel Tawney, and they had eight children.

He died on 19 September 1901 at Chamonix, France, after a short illness.[1]

References

Notes and References

  1. Deaths . 24 September 1901 . 1 . 36568.