Alexander Tottenham

Sir
Alexander Robert Loftus Tottenham
Diwan of Pudukkottai
In office
1934–1946
MonarchRajagopala Tondaiman
Preceded byB. G. Holdsworth
Succeeded byC. P. Karunakara Menon
Personal details
Born(1873-07-31)31 July 1873
Died13 December 1946(1946-12-13) (aged 73)
Pudukkottai, British India
Occupationcivil servant

Sir Alexander Robert Loftus Tottenham CIE (31 July 1873 – 13 December 1946) was a British civil servant and administrator who served as the Diwan of Pudukkottai state from 1934 to 1944.

Early life

Alexander Tottenham was born to British naval officer John Francis Tottenham and his wife Laura Ellen Dodd Janverin on 31 July 1873.[1] Alexander graduated from Clifton College, Bristol[2] and did his post-graduation from Queen's College, Oxford.[1]

Career

Alexander passed the 1896 Indian Civil Service examinations and arrived in India on 5 December 1897[3] where he served as District Collector and Assistant Magistrate in the Madras Presidency. From 1923 to 1932, he was as a member of India's Central Board of Revenue.[4] Alexander retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1933 at the age of sixty.[4]

Pudukkottai

In 1934, Tottenham was appointed Diwan of Pudukkottai and he served until his death in 1946. Tottenham is regarded as one of the best administrators of Pudukkottai and promoted arts and industry.[5] A portrait of Alexander Tottenham hangs in the Government Museum, Thirukokarnam.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Vol. 1. U.S.A. p. 1325.
  2. ^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p137: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
  3. ^ The India office and Burma office list. London: Harrison and Sons. 1903. p. 549.
  4. ^ a b Woodruff, Philip (1954). "The Guardians". The Men Who Ruled India. Vol. 2. Jonathan Cape. pp. 221–225.
  5. ^ Menon, Vapal Pangunni (1961). The story of the integration of the Indian States. Orient Longman. p. 293.
  6. ^ Chandrasekhar, M. S. (1996). Guide to the principal exhibits in the Government Museum, Pudukkottai. Director of Stationery and Print. p. 73.

Biographies

  • Nagarajan, Krishnaswami (1992). Sir Alexander Tottenham. N. Ramachandran.

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