Charles Bernard (civil servant)

Sir
Charles Edward Bernard
KCSI FRSGS
Chief Commissioner of Burma
In office
25 September 1886 – 12 March 1887
Preceded byCharles Crosthwaite
Succeeded byCharles Crosthwaite
Chief Commissioner of Burma
In office
2 July 1880 – 2 March 1883
Preceded byCharles Umpherston Aitchison
Succeeded byCharles Crosthwaite
Personal details
Born(1837-12-21)21 December 1837
Bristol, England
Died19 September 1901(1901-09-19) (aged 63)
Chamonix, France
Spouse
Susan Capel Tawney
​
(m. 1862)​
Children8
Alma materHaileybury and Imperial Service College
OccupationAdministrator

Sir Charles Edward Bernard KCSI FRSGS (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]

Preceded by Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma
1880–1883 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma
1886–1887 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 36568. London. 24 September 1901. p. 1.
  • "The Career of Sir Charles Edward Bernard in Myanmar" in U Hla Thein, Selected Writings (Yangon: Myanmar Historical Commission, 2004) 134-166
  • John Riddick, Who Was Who in British India


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